Soviet River Lines and the 1962 MoD Nuclear Targeting Grid
Soviet river crossings and electronic signatures were mapped in secret to find mobile nuclear missiles, a target list that remained hidden for decades.
By Roy Castellano ·
Targeting
SIP No12 and the Atomic Target Map of the Kurnakov Academy
Kept secret within the UK Ministry of Defence, a scientific intelligence report on Soviet chemistry masked a darker effort to map the USSR's nuclear capability for the war-plans analyst.
By Roy Castellano ·
US Navy used vibration sensing to target silent ships for missile strikes
Non-cooperative vessels were reduced to frequencies and 3-D state vectors for weapons fire control during a Navy demonstration program from 1993 to 1996.
By Miriam Adler ·
High Value Targets Marked for 'Locate and Kill' Strikes via RC-12s
Targets in Central America and Korea were reduced to "emitters" for artillery strikes using a system that turns radio signals into coordinates for first round fire.
By Miriam Adler ·
Army replaces six legacy systems to automate lethal strikes
Humans were reduced to active electronic signatures in a sensor-to-shooter link designed to collapse the distance between observation and lethality for division commanders.
By Miriam Adler ·
Experienced Pilots Guided Air Strikes With 2,000,000 Candlepower Flares and O-1 Bird Dogs
Enemy targets in the jungle were marked by smoke rockets and 2,000,000 candlepower flares, serving as the essential link between the silent canopy and lethal air strikes.
By Marcus Boone ·
Local Observer Risks Everything to Mark Secret Soviet Naval Arsenals
A local observer watched fenced-off naval arsenals and mine assembly sites at great personal risk, feeding data to Washington analysts to turn coordinates into war targets.
By Roy Castellano ·