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The Navy and Marines are returning to an old-fashioned means of moving info from one ship to another, in view of the advances of all kinds in the field of electronics, particularly the spying and hacking sort of thing by the Russians and Chinese. It’s called a beanbag drop.\u00a0 This is particularly aimed at aircraft carriers and amphibious ships.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/08\/14\/marines-and-sailors-practice-fighting-at-sea-using-80-year-old-wwii-beanbag-tactic\/?utm_source=clavis<\/a><\/p>\n From the article: Despite ballyhoo about the need for military cyber, electronic warfare and more tech-adept forces for future war, the Navy and Marines are testing war tactics more common nearly 100 years ago.<\/p>\n No longer can Marines and sailors take for granted uninterrupted electronic communications at sea or on the battlefield.<\/p>\n Tech-capable forces from Russia to China are packing capabilities that can jam U.S. systems or hone in on radio communications to find U.S. forces and ships at sea.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why Marines and sailors aboard the Wasp-class amphibious\u00a0assault ship Boxer<\/a> tested in early August an old silent communications tactic used during World War II, according to a\u00a0command release<\/a>. – article<\/p>\n Any bets on the Army going retro and using carrier pigeons and the World War I codebooks?<\/p>\n All silly jokes aside, this is a good idea that the Good Idea Fairy probably missed, because there is no such thing as a secure system any more. With Microsoft working on AI and Google taking a similar route, nothing is private unless you ignore their sales pitches and use a dial phone instead of a keypad… and even then, well….\u00a0 And “smart” TV screens?\u00a0 Eeeeeewwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"