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  1. The K2

    David Graham passes away

    The voice of Parker has passed on. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj463gx8gyo
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  2. Grey Havoc

    Edward B Johnson, the other CIA officer who pulled off the Argo rescue of US diplomats from Iran (The Daily Telegraph)

    Meant to post this last week: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/09/12/edward-johnson-argo-iran-america-diplomats-affleck/ Rest In Peace :(
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  3. Y

    Beeper as a Weapon

    Most odd attack happened today in Lebanon. There are reports on exploding beepers throughout Lebanon allegedly targeting Hezbollah members. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dozens-hezbollah-members-wounded-lebanon-when-pagers-exploded-sources-witnesses-2024-09-17/...
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    • 2024 ar-924 bac consulting beeper cold war ii cyberwar electronic warfare elint espionage gold apollo hezbollah ic-v82 icom irregular warfare israel pager sabotage sigint unit 8200 walkie-talkie
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    • Forum: Military
  4. ArmchairSamurai

    Welbum

    Hello all, been a minute I am not sure where to post this, but has anyone heard of the Welbum? It's in the same league as the Welrod, Welwand, Welfreighter, and Welman when it comes to British convert R&D at Station IX in WW2. I saw the name pop up while reading about the Welwand and I...
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    • airborne forces british army clandestine insertion combat swimmers espionage great britain irregular warfare special operations special operations executive special reconnaissance station ix war office waterborne infiltration world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. W

    RTX (Raytheon) fined $200m for 750 technical document leaks to China and Russia

    RTX has come forward and voluntarily admitted 750 violations of ITAR pertaining to leaks of military information between August 2017 and September 2023. This includes the VC-25 (Air Force One), F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and the B-2 Spirit stealth, B-1B Lancer and the F/A-18, F-15 and F-16...
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    • 2024 cold war ii collins aerospace cyber warfare cyberwar early 21st century electronic warfare espionage international traffic in arms regulations people's republic of china raytheon russian federation united states
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    • Forum: Military
  6. Graham1973

    Numbers Stations

    A YouTube series covering 'Numbers Stations' quasi-mysterious shortwave stations, which are widely suspected to be used by various intelligence agencies to contact agents in the field. This series is covering the stations one at a time. When they were more common (In the 1970 - 2000s) time...
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    • Forum: The Bar
  7. BullpupRafale

    2 South Koreans, Including Army Captain, Allegedly Spied for North

    Source: https://www.voanews.com/a/south-koreans-including-army-captain-allegedly-spied-for-north/6550135.html
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    • cold war ii dprk espionage north korea rok south korea
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  8. klem

    German grenade launcher: Panzerknacke.1944

    In September 1944, the Soviet secret service succeeded in arresting two German agents, a man and a woman in Soviet army uniforms, whose mission was to travel to Moscow and eliminate Stalin. Without going into the details of Operation Zeppelin, weapons were found : A miniature grenade launcher...
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    • covert operations eastern front espionage nazi germany soviet union third reich world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  9. uk 75

    The world of James Bond

    As the movie industry wheels out yet another Bond film I prefer to return to the world of the original, in the pages of Ian Fleming's novels. For those who do not know what Britain was like for most ordinary families in the 50s and 60s, the glamour of the world described by Fleming in his books...
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  10. G

    RIP 007

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  11. G

    A novel...from 1969

    Thought I would post about this book I had just read. Its title is "Autopsy for a Cosmonaut" by Jacob Hay and John M. Keshishian, MD. Published by Little, Brown and Company, NYC. Published in Feb. 1969. It's basically a story about a Soviet manned space shot that ended badly for its...
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