Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): merged thread

[AdamG]

Taiwan has asked Google to blur satellite images of what appear to be new military installations on a disputed island in the South China Sea.
Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba, is part of the Spratly Island chain, embroiled in increasingly tense South China Sea territorial disputes.
Although it is controlled by Taiwan, the island is also claimed by mainland China, Vietnam and the Philippines

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37436696

[davidbfpo]

Two sites. The first is armament research, I'd call this technical intelligence and with on first glance is a MENA focus:http://armamentresearch.com/

The second, Swiss-based describes itself (in part) as:

The Small Arms Survey is a global centre of excellence whose mandate is to generate evidence-based, impartial, and policy-relevantknowledgeon all aspects of small arms and armed violence. It is the principal international source of expertise, information, and analysis on small arms and armed violence issues....

Link:http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/

[AdamG]

Attention undergraduates.

Wikipedia editors have said they will no longer accept links to Daily Mail stories to support citations because it is too#unreliable.
A fiery debate on its suitability as a source ended with a consensus view that the#Mail, and#Mail Online, were "generally unreliable" and their use "is to be generally prohibited, especially when other more reliable sources exist".
The statement added: "The general themes of the support votes centred on the Daily Mail's reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication."

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-a7570856.html