The Art of War: Military Intelligence
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- čas přidán 22. 12. 2023
- Uncover the secrets behind military intelligence in this episode of our Art of War series! Explore the crucial roles of strategic and tactical intelligence, and learn how human agents play a pivotal role in shaping history. Don't miss the intrigue and complexity of the war behind the war!
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Situation Room and Art of War are becoming my favourite series to watch. Impatiently waiting for more XD
Agreed, i am looking forward to Situation Room updates each week
Add the CaspianReport to the list
"Sargeant Joe leading a group of 8 guys through the jungle" was my grandad, thanks for the shoutout!
(For real, his name was Joe, he was a (Staff) sergeant, and he and his group of 8-10 men got trapped in the jungles of Burma in WWII - no military intelligence for them unfortunately)
Military Intelligence can come from unlikely sources: during the Cold war, Soviet spies would use "Pizza Intelligence" - they would pay attention to large, late night deliveries to places like Langley or the Pentagon - the sort of food analysts or spies might order if they were monitoring an ongoing mission or planning a big operation. It wasn't the best indicator that something was about to go down, but it could give them a hint.
or in modern times: Insecure dudes with egos via Internet forums LOL (see 'War Thunder' forums leaks and the 'Discord leaks').
I have a note regarding that: My Mum and Dad used to run a Chinese takeaway. We had an (lower level security) American military base nearby and Marine personnel used to frequent our takeaway for food and my Mum and Dad's old work car, one of our workers and my Mum and Dad were one of the very few authorised civilian cars and civilians allowed onto the base to deliver the food to them. We had to submit to background checks etc to get the security authorisation. Both the US and my country's government knew we delivered to them. We were happy to do that because they usually ordered BIG. Once 9/11 happened, this all changed. They locked down the security and we couldn't deliver to them nor did they come down anymore.
@bulbus: Bro you're just full of shit. I would fire you right away if I pay you as a spy and you come back to me with the amount of pizza ordered at the Pentagon. I would also slap you across the face for wasting my time.
That never happened
@taylorberry7899 the cold War was a crazy time. Weirder things have happened
You can directly correlate major geopolitical events with the sudden rise in dominos pizza deliveries. Economic analysts call it the Pizza Meter, and it proceeded Desert Storm, Panama Invasion, and the Grenada invasion among others.
Would love a full episode on the Navajo Windtalkers during WWII!
Slight nitpick, but they were never called “windtalkers.” That was made up for the movie. They called themselves “code talkers.”
no
You should do this sort of video on logistics.
I've been saying this for a long time.
I also was suggesting a series called Warographics before it was real!
Agreed. Firepower means nothing without the logistics behind it.
I’m willing to bet it’s already in production.
if you don’t already watch him, check out Perun… discussions of logistics and other practical considerations delivered with fantastic aussie dry humour
I find Simon's videos really informative and digestible. These videos are usually so long or very simple in their fact points.
Yeah, I don't know how he has so many shows, all on their own successful channels.
The amount of work must be obscene, especially with such a high quality. Kudos to him and his team.
It’s why I watch them at 2x speed.
That’s why he is popular
@@whoisthis4130 then when you accidentally watch him at regular speed he sounds drunk!
I would argue that intelligence, logistics, and tactics are the most important factors in warfare.
Your forgetting weapons and ppl but for sure a terrible lack of Any u or I mentioned will lose a war
You can't do any of the above if you have subpar people, training, and communication protocols.
I don’t to be pedantic but it seems obvious that people and weapons are necessary. The US military is known for its logistics that supersedes all other peer-to-peer nations. Not to mention their Intel apparatus that keeps them more well informed than nearly any other nation. Anyone can be trained and shoot a gun. The most effective attribute their preemptive advantages to preparation and mobility equivalent to their person capabilities. Most high level units practice their operations 10s to 100s of times before execution. No little thanks to Intel and logistics.
Military intelligence is an oxymoron
I would place technology among those factors. All of which are secondary to enlightened leadership.
Knowledge is power.
My bro is in ISR for past 23yrs. Youre 100% accurate in the assessment that this is overlooked, mainly as the operators get all the credit
a pretty concise look at things! i would love a deeper dive type extension video about OSINT (open source intelligence) and the ways that various actors use it - we all know of investigative outfits like Bellingcat, but i’d love to know more about how states integrate OSINT with their other intelligence sources, deal with the sheer amount of info, and find the patterns
and there is also lots to discuss wrt osint and citizen journalism, real time updates and social media vs traditional news media cycles, etc. that i think isn’t often brought up
Military intelligence is vital to any armed group. Without intel you cannot undertake any operation. It can be as simple as sending a guy asking questions to using satellites to see enemy fortified positions and troop movement.
My dad was a World War 2 intelligence logistics officer in the US Air force
Nice and short. I think you missed a couple foundational points. First describing as Tactical and Strategic. This is true and often the intelligence is talked about but missed the criticality of the Operational level of war. Often, I think OPINTEL is not only missed but the most important in the conduct of warfare. Second I would recommend a break down of intelligence into four bins. IMINT, SIGINT, HUMINT, and MASINT. Dont think you mentioned that last and it is an umbrella term that covers several you did mention (ACINT etc). Finally you described HUMINT as predominant or most important. I would argue that has been changing since WWI and was certainly not true in WWII. I would argue that SIGINT (Bletchley Park, enigma, ultra etc) was the most important in WWII although all kinds were important and played significant roles. Recommend "For the Presidents Eyes" only as a good book (fun read) that talks about intelligence well, and although focused on the strategic level really, it provides some good insight on operational intelligence and its importance.
Thanks for sharing
Happy holidays Simon!
Very informative
like your videos Philip ,,please do a video about the art of camouflage in war
The Military Intelligence service is one of the most interesting service.Well-organized ,working on new solutions and shaping new institutions and preventing drama is undobtedly ahead of the decade.Breaking the Enigma code was a great success for Poles 🇵🇱 who overcame the system of that time.Fantastic video 👍
All the best from 🇵🇱🕊️🤝
Cool, I was hoping Walsingham would get a mention. I’d like to know more about him and how it led to M5 etc.
Thanks Simon
Great video. Are there any books on military intelligence you would recommend?
Thank God he’s still alive. Crazy stuff in Prague eh Simon?
One of the key elements of humint is the attitude and friendships and bias between people and agencies that the other types cannot give you but they can make the difference while using the least amount of people and resources sometimes called disinformation
Why was I expecting a picture of an Imperial Probe Droid to float across the screen in the opening montage?
Fun fact: the “voice” of that droid is actually scrambled (aka encrypted) Soviet voice from the 60s or 70s
Thank you
No tv cut this time? Thank you 🙏
This is why GCHQ and the 5 I's are so important to the British security services, the amount of data they eat, process, analyse, understand, and act on is absolutely mind-boggling........
French military intelligence is little known but deserves to praised. With their MI they have pulled off operations around the world with squads of troops against entire armies yet often come up on top.
...was almost waiting for a barrel with silencer to come up behind Simon during the intro 🤣
"Yes because we now have the means to keep everybody under surveillance. Then no matter what part of the world are in we can put them under surveillance. It has become one of the main occupations of mankind just watching other people and keeping a record of their goings-on… And invading privacy, in fact just ignoring it. That it's, it's a- everybody has become porous. They let the light and the message go right through us."
[Marshall McLuhan 1977 Interview - Violence as a Quest for Identity]
Early modern period postal services were routinely tapped into. The more centralized and efficient postal services became, the easier it was to have a centrally placed black cabinet opening them. The target could be both foreigners and internal conspirators. Mail was still not mass communication but hubs where mail was received and sorted developed. Most people didn't have a need or the means for regular communication on that level.
Its videos like this that make me rewatch the director of the FBI say, "we were 50% sure we had chance based on the best Intel at the time"
97E/35M, baby! I miss Huachuca.
Please make a video about the night attack of targoviste
The art of injustice
1:20 - Chapter 1 - The method
8:15 - Chapter 2 - The history
20:20 - Chapter 3 - The present day
As former Army Intel, it's not cool like you'd think 99% of the time.
A wonderful historical coverage video about WW2, strategic intelligent and tactical and cold war..thank you for sharing
Winter warfare episode in the art of war series should happen :D
During my National Service, my most desired vocations were 1) clerk 2) storeman 3) driver 4) military intelligence, because I thought they sat in air con rooms using their brains to analyze data and didn't rough it out in the field. In the end, I got posted to the artillery. Lol.
Sent this to all my SIGINT buddies. When are we getting a video on Electronic Warfare?
Very likely never...
SIGINT?!?!?! Bitte sagt nichts mehr, Kinder
A lot of people have no idea just how scary SIGINT actually is. When I joined the Army for this job, my recruiter made a joke that I was gonna be a lil James Bond. I didn’t know he was dead serious.
Even now, the capabilities of SIGINT and how we use it against our adversaries terrifies me. The NSA is the most terrifying government agency to ever exist.
Calm down, Mary.
@@williamwilson6499 I am calm. Can’t you tell John?
@@treysowavvy6495 Calm and terrified…got it. What was your MOS?
@@williamwilson6499 35M before switching to November.
@@treysowavvy6495 Army HUMINT…the guys we usually ignored. 35N was 98C back in the day.
My younger brother signed up as a 98C/35N after I convinced him he would be miserable as an O5H Morse Operator the recruiter wanted him to do.
NSA and isn’t “terrifying”. You could make a case for the CIA, but the NSA…no.
Hannibal loving disguises is the most hilarious thing. I wonder if it inspired Hannibals love of disguise in the A team
OSINT gets no love, especially for how big a role it plays
"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms." -- Groucho Marx
I'm surprised you don't highlight Elizabethan Spy Master John Dee? J.
Sun Tzu, the Art of War, declared, acting before the fighting, will win a war, before the fighting begins!😅
Intelligence is where it is.
Military Intelligence: A criminal case of false advertising.
The ENDLESS amount of Military intelligence throughout History is truly remarkable!!! 🛡️🗡️ Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Marcus Furius Camillus, Lucius Papirius Cursor, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, John Hunyadi, Matthias Corvinus, Vlad The Impaler, Joan of Arc, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Aemilianus, Alexander The Great, Philip II, Pyrrhus, Mehmed II, Napoleon, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and so many more! ✨🤍🤎
Megaprojects idea the Bradley fighting vehicle
In Wartime, Truth is SO PRECIOUS that she must ALWAYS be accompanied by a Bodyguard of Lies. - Sir Winston Churchill
Veritas
“Military intelligence, two words combined that can’t make sense” - Dave Mustaine
19:54 Okay, this is the first time outside of the RTgamer channel I've seen CZcams used as a swear/non-swear cover word. Does he do this much or is it new?
Intelligence if it’s not already should be its own branch of the armed forces. Not only that each branch has their own dedicated intelligence section as well. Information is the real first line of defense and also the first and last weapon used.
counterntelligence video please
I still wait if Simon hops on hype train off Last Train Home and investigate story of Czechoslovakia Legion. And this time he can do it personally cause he has all information ,,Jen co by kamenem dohodil" ( realy close).
It might be assumed that the early successes of the Army of Northern Virginia were due to advantages in tactical intelligence. It might be assumed that later setbacks suffered by the Army of Northern Virginia advancing into Pennsylvania were due to a lack of same.
I love how the thumbnail shows them wearing camo face paint to sit in front of a computer 😂
Always out front
Anyone who was in the military would probably tell you that's an oxymoron
Anyone who was in the military would probably tell you after 25 years to find something a bit more interesting to say, please. Thanks'
@@frankknudsen842 It's called a joke, Frank.
Military has lots of intelligence. It's just not smart lol
Don't get so rattled ,I simply said after hearing it for a lifetime, it wears thin.
Any information that is useful is called intelligence. It can be simple from enemy coordinates or very complex like radar and satellite and other electronic information.
As somebody who is from Britain, I’m sure you know all too well how important intelligence is😂
Bletchley Park? 🕵️♀️
If you want to know how invaluable HUMINT is I once got my regular ass infantry platoon running missions with the CIA simply because I came in to get a soda. We were tasked with guarding an OGA compound in Mosul. Orders were do your job, stick to your building, mind your fucking business. They don't exist so you don't talk to anybody and gourd the "empty" compound. Anyway we stayed in Building 3 by the gate, they stayed in the main house on the Tigris. Building 2 was their TOC and a spare room was the extra coolers. Was a cushy gig. Air conditioning, marbelr everywhere, big beautiful vaulted ceilings in the main house gold fixtures, solid gold toilets and bidets. Shit was allegedly one of Uday's vacation homes & certainly looked as opulent as the palaces back in Baghdad. But this was just a tin little ranch down on the river's edge bellow the Mosul Hotel where we stayed. Anyway I come in after guard duty. Cooler is empy. Not a big deal, the rule was just go to the main house, grab whatever from their fridge, let someone know. They'll have the made or chef restock it. Yes I shit you not they had air conditioning, a maid, a personal chef, and even a fucking gardener. You'd think it was the Air Force. Anyway they were bickering over maps I corrected their shit with 1st source HUMINT. We ended up rolling with them.
Garbo was so cool; self-made spy - how do you do that!?
Expedition of the thousand!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
“How do you even type in microdot?”
With a little tiny typewriter 😅😂😅😂😅
I think you're going to find that most veterans of the US military do not hold this particular MOS in high regard.
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THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Never been this early.
Intelligence Officer. The military's greatest oxymoron.
IYKYK. 😆
You can train an AI system to produce a reasonable Intelligence briefing from incoming battlefield reports. AI can predict the main axis of the enemy advance, since it has been training on huge amounts of wargame data. Based on the wargames data, AI can prepare an operational plan to counter the enemy operations. At present, humans are in the loop making the final decisions. At some point, this will take too long, so you will have your General Staff replaced by a laptop simply to remain competitive. I would say about 10 years for that, so buy stock in Cyberdyne Systems now.
Except false inputs would yield false predictions
POWERPOINT
Rome's own enemies believed that SARCH-A-PARRFUL-EMPAAAAAHREEE
All ok but one Problem all enemys that we know as a shape or Form what is with shapless enemy and formless enemys how to Programm the sensors are give the spie commands to observe a shapless enemys? And idea love you Mr. Adler iam i ideot so keep always a joke by your side
when i was in, someone starting a sentence with "military intelligence" was about to tell a good joke.
Can we get a psyops video in this series?
Most military intelligence is tactical that is fed filtered snippets of bigger picture intelligence from the CIA or DIA. It's a very rote and mechanical process that honestly could be replaced by AI.
In the art of war an horse can be an person and vice-versa.
Simon, how could you not mention the intelligence work Isreal has done for the 6 day war before, during and after??
Yeh I could watch this pop culture video about HUMINT … or I could just watch the anime “Joker Game” … or I could actually read the US Army’s Psychological Ops manual (which I have)… why do we not read books anymore?
Still requesting naval mine warfare
Military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense
Can't be the only one that had Megadeth running through my head reading the thumbnail
I liked before watching!
Tell Karl to give us a N Ceausescu episode.
Holy crap. Meeting online in 2005 = death
ISA
Interesting, are comments delayed or screened - nothing negative or exposure.
Previous comment, informative never appeared. Oh well, here I go
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That background noise is really bugging aha
China upon acquiring key tactical and strategic intelligence about the US: ok lets wait for 20 years more.
There go the privacy rules lol.
Lemme find out Simon Whistler is an AI construction...
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Honestly this was a 60000ft video that droned on from Rome to today. It skipped so much I couldn’t tel what the value was for interested in military intelligence other than a diatribe on Roman intelligence. Honestly, twas of little value for this who wanted to know about current intelligence methods and types and the evolution. Vs the history as such
first reports are always wrong, intel is not a crystal ball
Joker Game, anyone?
Depravity and dehumanization at the basest level..I don't see any glory in avarice or denial of civil rights..
Ahhh secret squirrel.
it's the fashion every one is spay now adays but i can't do that because the moral shit and I'm poor when my friends are ritch whatever 8448
Ah, "military intelligence", one of the worlds oldest oxymoron's.