Well welcome to the world of "open source warfare" OSW---was wondering when the rest of the world would catch up.
FP Article
Well welcome to the world of "open source warfare" OSW---was wondering when the rest of the world would catch up.
Swarming
Love this---finally someone is talking about swarming attacks which have been the bread and butter of the Sunni insurgency since 2007 and which now has transitioned to the Taliban via internet battle videos.
Read "Swarming on the Battlefield" a 2000 RAND study by Sean Edwards.
Why are we doomed to literally recreate the wheel--this study was commissioned by the Army, swarm attacks have been discussed in open source warfare since 2004, and the Sunni insurgents have shown us their battle videos complete with mission briefs since 2007.
But hey all those videos were deemed to be enemy propoganda!
The Chinese were swarming in Korea in 1950 and 51...
A lot of folks have swarmed over the years. That article is not on the cutting edge of anything as a lot of folks pointed out above...
NOTE: Thread merged to preclude redundancy.
Last edited by Ken White; 03-23-2010 at 04:42 AM. Reason: Added Note on Merge
If that's the study I re-read recently it's a very contestable piece of work.Originally Posted by Outlaw 7
Sorry, I do not understand "open source warfare." Like Ken White says the imaginary tactic of "swarming" has been around a long time. It's a perception. It's not a doctrine.Why are we doomed to literally recreate the wheel--this study was commissioned by the Army, swarm attacks have been discussed in open source warfare since 2004, and the Sunni insurgents have shown us their battle videos complete with mission briefs since 2007.
Once you boil it down saying "Swarming" is like saying "Choo-choo train." It's OK when you're 8. It's not OK if you're a locomotive engineer.
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- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
If a swarm takes a long time, do you call it a surge?
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