The problem with Biometrics at War
An excerpt from a forthcoming book, All the Ways We Kill and Die, by Brian Castner tells the story of the hunt for the bomb-makers of Iraq and Afghanistan:http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the...metrics-at-war
It ends with a telling point:
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Because that’s the funny thing about using biometrics. The only way to find one person is to find everyone.
From the author's website:
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This is the story of an American family at war, and the men and women who fight this new technology-heavy and intelligence-based conflict. I interviewed intel analysts, biometrics engineers, drone pilots, special operations aircrew, amputees who lost their legs, and the contractors hired to finish the job. They are all hunting a man known as al-Muhandis, The Engineer, the brains behind the devices that have killed so many soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Castner’s writing is as horrifying as it is illuminating.
The previous two posts were copied here from the Biometrics thread, they refer to this book subject of a review of Brian Castner's new book All The Ways We Kill and Die
See:http://taskandpurpose.com/ied-rocked...-battlefield/?
I am slightly puzzled this thread has had no updates since 2010, even if it was closed approx. a year ago. Anyway it is open for now!:wry:
IS and the car bomb IED / VBIED
A comprehensive explanation of the use, construction and more of IS VBIEDs from an unheard blogsite, but recommended today via Twitter. The history and adaptability of the Islamic State car bomb. I say comprehensive from my "armchair".
Link: https://zaytunarjuwani.wordpress.com...tate-car-bomb/
The author is Swedish. There are numerous photos and stats.
From the conclusion, the first paragraph:
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The VBIED is not something that anyone is ever going to be able to eliminate from the battlefield, and IS have mastered the art of its usage. VBIEDs are the most central and core tenet in their philosophy of war, and has allowed them to project a military power far more sizable than their actual military force.
The IED won: how can we respond now?
Hat tip to WoTR for this article by a veteran EOD officer, who seeks to review the challenges posed by IED use and the counter-response:https://warontherocks.com/2017/05/ho...nd-innovation/
Sustainable UN Peacekeeping Offensive Operations: UXOs, ERW and IEDs
Sustainable UN Peacekeeping Offensive Operations: UXOs, ERW and IEDs
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Coming to a 'small war' soon - thanks to ISIS
A NYT report 'How ISIS Produced Its Cruel Arsenal on an Industrial Scale' is a must read and sits better here then elsewhere IMHO -as this technology will migrate. The content is very dependent on international NGO input.
Link:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/10/w...sis-bombs.html
Roadside Bombs & IEDs (catch all)