Electronic Warfare

The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during WWII, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose. The result was a continual series of thrusts, parries, and counter-thrusts, as first one side then the other sought to wrest the initiative in the struggle to control the ether.

The Cynefin framework provides a method to analyze systems and can help prevent the application of the same decision-making process to different situations. According to the framework, disorder is the condition where one is unaware of a system’s domain. The domains, or quadrants, are identified as chaotic, complex, complicated, and obvious. As one comes to identify the dominant system, the framework offers a mental tool to guide decision-making. It also helps illuminate the impact if the system bridges the gap between one of the other domains. For example, obvious or complex systems could...

In a buried command post lit by the cold blue glow of monitors, Lieutenant Anya Kovalenko — callsign Kestrel — fights a war with her mind. To her, the chaos of the front is not chaos at all. It is a system of variables, a real-time strategy game with the highest possible stakes, and she is a grandmaster. Then something on the other side starts winning. Her drones vanish clean out of the sky — no jamming signature, no wreckage, just silence. It isn't standard electronic warfare. It's a hunter: a mind on the far end of the static that thinks the way she thinks, anticipates the way she ...

A sobering and fascinating study on war in the modern era, Unrestricted Warfare carefully explores strategies that militarily and politically disadvantaged nations might take in order to successfully attack a geopolitical super-power like the United States. American military doctrine is typically led by technology; a new class of weapon or vehicle is developed, which allows or encourages an adjustment in strategy. Military strategists Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui argue that this dynamic is a crucial weakness in the American military.

The true story of how Ukraine built a drone air force out of electronics-store parts and stopped the second-largest military on Earth. February 24, 2022. Russian forces are invading Ukraine from three directions. The operation is expected to last for days. What happened next surprised everyone, including Russia. Dmytro Kozlov stood at his apartment window in Kyiv at 4:17 in the morning, watching the sky light up. He was twenty-nine years old, a software developer, a drone racer. He had a thought that would have sounded insane to any conventional military officer: *we can use racing drones ...

Paul Scharre, a Pentagon defense expert and former U.S. Army Ranger, explores what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision of life or death. Scharre's far-ranging investigation examines the emergence of autonomous weapons, the movement to ban them, and the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. Through interviews with defense experts, ethicists, psychologists, and activists, Scharre surveys what challenges might face "centaur warfighters" on future battlefields.

One signal can change the course of history. If you're brave enough to find it. Deep in the visual static of a radio "waterfall" display, a phantom is calling. To the world at large, the ionosphere is just a layer of the atmosphere. To Ben Wade—known in the amateur underground as "Skip"—it is a battlefield. A master of wave mechanics and vintage analog hardware, Wade operates in the shadows, far from the prying eyes of the digital grid. But when a mysterious signal appears on a frequency that should be dead, Wade realizes the "noise" isn't an accident. It’s a signature. A THREAT ...

Crafted by skilled technicians and narrated by professionals for an engaging learning experience, this course is your ultimate weapon to ace the ASE Certification A6, focusing on electrical and electronic systems.

Will 2027 mark the outbreak of the most devastating conflict of the twenty-first century, or will it redefine the structure of global order short of war? In Taiwan 2027, Bernd Riemann delivers a rigorous, multidimensional systems analysis of the rapidly evolving security architecture in the Western Pacific. Moving far beyond superficial headlines and deterministic invasion predictions, this authoritative study isolates 2027 not as a prophetic countdown to war, but as a critical convergence point. It marks the intersection where the People's Liberation Army’s centenary modernization goals ...

War-game simulation specialists James F. Dunnigan and Austin Bay have revised their highly regarded analyses, bringing up to date not only the many conventional conflicts around the world today but the new battlegrounds that have emerged since the previous edition was published more than a decade ago - the Global War on Terror, counterinsurgency struggles around the world and the latest frontier of modern combat: cyber war.

Drone Defence: The Shield of the Modern Battlefield is a deep, documentary-style examination of how modern nations are fighting back against the rise of autonomous drones. Drawing from real data and on-the-ground experiences in Ukraine, Israel, and NATO border states, it reveals the unseen architecture of modern air defence - radar grids, electronic warfare, artificial intelligence, and the people who keep them alive. Written in a clear, narrative voice that blends storytelling with factual analysis, the book traces how drones evolved from tools of observation into instruments of modern war...

Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other Western journalist has penetrated as deeply inside this secretive organization as Nicholas Blanford. Now Blanford has written the first comprehensive inside account of Hezbollah and its enduring...

If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto", in action. From Stephen Levy - the author who made "hackers" a household word - comes this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the 21st century. Crypto tells the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels" - nerds and visionaries turned freedom fighters - teamed up with corporate interests to beat Big Brother and ensure our privacy on the internet. 

Stop Walking on Eggshells has already helped more than a million people with friends and family members suffering from BPD understand this difficult disorder, set boundaries, and help their loved ones stop relying on dangerous BPD behaviors. This fully revised third edition has been updated with the very latest BPD research on comorbidity, extensive new information about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), the effectiveness of schema therapy, and coping and communication skills you can use to stabilize your relationship with the BPD or NPD sufferer in your life. 

Synthesizing the work of thinkers including Freud, Diderot, Nietzsche, and Einstein, delineating the enticing strategies of characters throughout history, The Art of Seduction is a comprehensive guide to getting what we want - any way we can. Controversial but never dull, timeless and up-to-date, it's destined to be Greene's next best seller.

Candid and fast-paced like the best combat memoirs, Stanek focuses on the men and women he flew with, telling their stories as well as his own and creating what is ultimately an inspiring and uplifting story of the human spirit challenged by the agony and terror of war.

DRONEFALL A cheap drone. A hidden operator. A sudden strike. In Ukraine, war didn’t just change—it accelerated. The battlefield became a laboratory where hobby-grade machines evolved into precision weapons, and the old rules of concealment and mass stopped working almost overnight. Drone DRONEFALL takes you inside the first full-scale drone war and explains—without jargon—how Ukraine’s FPV kill-chains rewrote modern warfare: how targets are found, fixed, and finished; how jammers and counter-jammers turned the air into a contested ocean; and why the “buzz in the dark” is ...

Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award, The Eyes of Orion is a highly personal account of the day-to-day experiences of five platoon leaders who served in the same tank battalion in the 24th Infantry Division during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

These three fictional stories, with their wry sense of humour and, at times, chilling aspects, will leave the listener waiting for more stories to emanate from the pen of Alexander Tulloch. The Visitor: Death knocks at the door. He has come to take John away. But John is not ready to accompany him. “I’m too young and there’s nothing wrong with me. I’m perfectly healthy; very fit, even,” he explains. Death is not to be persuaded as he needs John’s footballing skills for the Inter-Stellar Cup eliminator rounds which start next week.

Operational tempo in drone-saturated conflict follows a rhythm driven by timing pressure rather than force size or weapon range. Modern units face continuous observation, rapid sensor refresh, and short engagement windows. This book analyses how timing governs every action on the field, from detection and movement to fire support, logistics, electronic warfare, and command decisions. Classic doctrine assumed predictable cycles built on staggered reconnaissance, slower communications, and human-paced judgement. Drone dominance removes those buffers. Feeds update many times per minute, ...