Comments on: Defense Tech in Enemy Hands!

By: Rhyno327

Rhyno327 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:11:01 +0000

This is the reason for an alternative logistics route. That hardware was robbed before it got near the border. Of course the Afghan police and some/most? ANA are corrupt, AQ in uniform. In any event, we are not going to kill and bomb our way outta this, it will probably end with negotiation, but there will be a US presence in A-stan or a long time.

By: freefallingbomb

freefallingbomb — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:12:37 +0000

Why did Christian disable the discussion forum of his latest article after this one, called “New Armor Plates in the Works”, at least as I write? That’s absolutely not Christian of him!
Did this nameless three-man team that designed the new bullet-vest maybe ask him to do that, to protect its product’s image? (Just like they didn’t say which maximum CALIBRE it was designed to resist either…)

By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:21:14 +0000

As a former Marine Reading these type of stories amaze and anger me. If the property being sold in these markets is

By: Pieter

Pieter — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:55:21 +0000

It is better to have a thousand enemies outside your door than having one in side your house.
Everything boils down to control or the lack of it.
Use it, Don’t use it.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:34:07 +0000

nice input adam ‚maybe you could tell us what country your from so we can talk about how great the dump you live in is

By: Camp

Camp — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:56:57 +0000

TDS4S,
You have to start with the basic premise, that people usually steal to make money. And if a person gets caught they normally go to jail. After that you have to decide which is better. To let the items be sold on the black market, or recover & attempt to gain information as to how they were stolen. Said info could lead to finding ones own weak points (who, what, when, where, and how), and is rather important to detecting the patterns of theft. People involved in such organizations may also have other exploitable info, and possibly an understanding of your opponents supply methods.
In regards to, “adds to the demand”. You could also say the Army is offering a better value, because items won’t have to be transported long distances with great risk. Artificially increasing a price on certain devices can have benefits as well. And think about how much cheaper it would be to retrieve items, than to buy brand new equipment. Though, compromised equipment would have to be “cleaned”, so as to avoid spiked devices (info in that as well). One should also take into account the value these items are to others. Are they simply trophies, can they be used in other ways, etc? Finding methods to reduce or destroy the “re-sale value” is also important in reducing theft.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:07:44 +0000

HA dumb ass yanks this does not surprise me you lost your computers,the games must of been rubbish for your play station generation soldiers.Be more careful

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:40:52 +0000

Exactly the point I am trying to make. Lets not make excuses not to use encryption and just do it. The more likely scenario is an inside leak.

By: TDS4S

TDS4S — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:12:46 +0000

Camp:
You do realize that an “amnesty and rewards” program is the same as incentivizing them to steal our stuff, right? If DOD adds to the demand for stolen items, the supply of stolen items is guaranteed to increase to meet it. So “amnesty and rewards” is a bad idea. “Bait” is maybe better, but requres the Army to be way more creative than it is capable of.
I don’t know anything about encryption algorithims or 3DES or any of the rest of it, but I do know that having one man on the inside is worth a lot of stolen thumb drives. If AQ is the threat, the real vulnerability is not weak encryption but TCN and local workers.

By: gruntdoc91

gruntdoc91 — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:07:45 +0000

i remember seeing on this site a long time ago of a airship designed by darpa that could carry mega tonnage of supplies frompoint a to point b.just build these things and start a steady supply run and forego ground transport across any border area period.