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Matthew Ford

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Saarf-Londoner. Professor @Forsvarshogsk. Associate @I_W_M. Senior fellow @USF_GNSI. Honary Constultant @Royal_Armouries. Series editor @HurstPublishers
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Latest publication: Hammers and Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End

In this article I argue that innovation has become an end-in-itself, supplanting the much harder challenge of defining a meaningful, justifiable and achievable strategy

Many thanks to the folks at @milstrategymag for publishing my work.

militarystrategymagazine.com/article/hammer…
www.militarystrategymagazine.com Hammers and Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End - Military Strategy Magazine This article argues that contemporary Western military innovation has become a strategic dead end. Tracing the evolution of military innovation from the Revolution in Military Affairs through...
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beautiful stuff
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Yet another reminder of the importance of OPSEC:

Apparently, at jan. 20206 a British soldier disobeyed a direct order to remove the SIM card from his cellphone before being deployed to a part of Estonia, approximately 90 miles west of the Russian border.

As a result of his refusal to engage in this element of operational security (opsec), the soldie had his phone hacked, and nude photos of himself were stolen and used as blackmail against him

arstechnica.com/security/2026/…
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