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109 sources

Each article's sources, in the order the article cites them.

  1. Disruptor
  2. Anti-Tank
  3. Cyber Threat
  4. Ukraine's Recon and Sabotage Weapons
  5. Bomblets: Build, Deploy, Repeat
  6. Counter-UAS
  7. Speed Drop
  8. Subterranean Operations
  9. Relearning Infiltrations
  10. Tactical Decision Game

Disruptor

7 sources
  1. FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, "Internet Crime Report 2025," p. 39.
  2. Cloaked Entry Co., "Cloaked Entry Co.," https://cloakedentryco.com.
  3. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "TC 3-22.69, Advanced Situational Awareness," April 2, 2021, tables 9-5 and 9-7.
  4. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, "Critical Infrastructure Sectors," cisa.gov.
  5. Motorola Solutions, "Motorola Solutions Completes Acquisition of Silvus Technologies Holding Inc.," August 6, 2025.
  6. Silvus Technologies, "Introduction to MIMO," silvustechnologies.com.
  7. Wikipedia, "Remote ID."

Anti-Tank

7 sources
  1. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "ATP 3-21.8, Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad," January 11, 2024, paras 7-176 to 7-178 and Figure 7-20.
  2. Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds, "Tactical Developments During the Third Year of the Russo-Ukrainian War," Royal United Services Institute, February 14, 2025, p. 10.
  3. Timothy L. Thomas, "The Battle of Grozny: Deadly Classroom for Urban Combat," Parameters, Summer 1999, pp. 87-102.
  4. Department of the Army, "FM 3-06.11, Combined Arms Operations in Urban Terrain," February 28, 2002, Appendix H.
  5. Zona Militar, "The T-90M tanks of the Russian Ground Forces are beginning to be equipped with the new Arena-M APS system," August 15, 2024.
  6. Army Recognition, "Russia Equips T-72B3M Tanks with Advanced Arena-M Active Protection System," August 27, 2025, reporting a Uralvagonzavod statement of October 25, 2024.
  7. Army Recognition, "Russia's T-90M Arena-M Sighting Reveals How Drone Warfare Is Driving the Evolution of Tank Survivability," July 4, 2026.

Cyber Threat

6 sources
  1. Federal Communications Commission, Public Notice DA 21-309, "Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Publication of the List of Equipment and Services Covered by Section 2 of the Secure Networks Act," March 12, 2021.
  2. Federal Communications Commission, Public Notice DA 26-635, "Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology Prohibit the Importation and Marketing of Previously Authorized Covered Communications Equipment Added to the Covered List in 2024 or Earlier," June 26, 2026.
  3. Federal Communications Commission, "Prohibiting Importation and Marketing of Previously Authorized Covered Communications Equipment Added to the Covered List in 2024 or Earlier," Federal Register 91 FR 41023, FR Doc. 2026-13518, July 6, 2026.
  4. WhatsApp, "About end-to-end encryption," WhatsApp Help Center.
  5. Wikipedia, "Wickr."
  6. dmanierre, "PI-Sniffer," GitHub, https://github.com/dmanierre/PI-Sniffer.

Ukraine's Recon and Sabotage Weapons

15 sources
  1. Wikipedia, "Kursk campaign."
  2. Kyiv Independent, "Russia to create Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk troop groups amid Ukraine's incursion," August 21, 2024.
  3. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "FM 5-250, Explosives and Demolitions," June 1999, paras 1-43 and D-4.
  4. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "ADP 3-05, Army Special Operations," July 31, 2019, paras 2-16, 2-17 and 2-39.
  5. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "FM 3-05.201, Special Forces Unconventional Warfare Operations," April 2003, para 1-4.
  6. U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, "On Russian Hybrid Warfare," April 2019, Annex A.
  7. Central Committee of the Communist Party, "Organization of the Struggle in the Enemy Rear," July 18, 1941, trans. James von Geldern, Seventeen Moments in Soviet History, Michigan State University.
  8. Institute for the Study of War, "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 2, 2023."
  9. Wikipedia, "2023 Bryansk Oblast raid."
  10. Jamestown Foundation, "As Raids Continue, Fractures Are Growing in Russian Border Defenses," Eurasia Daily Monitor, June 7, 2023.
  11. Institute for the Study of War, "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 22, 2023."
  12. Institute for the Study of War, "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 1, 2023."
  13. Al Jazeera, "Raids into Russia’s Belgorod aim to stretch forces thin: Analysts," May 24, 2023.
  14. Institute for the Study of War, "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 23, 2023."
  15. Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), "The Ukrainian attack in the Kursk Oblast. Military consequences and Ukraine’s objectives," August 12, 2024.

Bomblets: Build, Deploy, Repeat

10 sources
  1. Wikipedia, "AGS-17."
  2. Defence Industry Europe, "U.S. Army conducts first live M67 grenade drop from small drone in Grafenwoehr test," June 30, 2025.
  3. Sgt. Collin Mackall, U.S. Army, "Drone grenade drop in GTA," DVIDS image 9132868, June 25, 2025.
  4. Kyiv Independent, "'We set a precedent.' Ukraine officially presents Unmanned Systems Forces," June 11, 2024.
  5. Rob Lee and Dmytro Putiata, "Inside Rubicon: The Structure of Russia's Elite Drone Center," Foreign Policy Research Institute, June 12, 2026.
  6. Giulia Bernacchi, "Ukraine Reports Record $45B in Military Aid, Massive Drone Deliveries in 2025," The Defense Post, December 30, 2025.
  7. Tim Zadorozhnyy, "Ukraine on track to receive total of 3 million FPV drones in 2025," Kyiv Independent, December 24, 2025.
  8. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "ATP 3-21.8, Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad," January 11, 2024, paras 7-140, 7-150 and A-90.
  9. Small Wars Journal, "Mapping Weaponized Drone Attacks Attributed to Mexican Drug Cartels," February 16, 2026.
  10. Associated Press, "U.S. designates 2 more Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations," PBS News, July 16, 2026.

Counter-UAS

13 sources
  1. Joint Interagency Task Force 401, "Small Drones, Big Problems: A First Principles Approach to Countering-UAS," June 18, 2026, Chapters One to Four.
  2. Nolan Peterson, "Six Key Lessons from Ukraine's Drone War," Irregular Warfare Center, May 20, 2026.
  3. Valentyna Romanenko, "Russian forces suffered record losses in September, Ukraine's General Staff says," Ukrainska Pravda, October 1, 2026.
  4. Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office, "Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Quick Reference Guide," U.S. Department of Defense, April 2021.
  5. V.P. Veshnev, "Methodological Guide: Detection and Countermeasures Against UAVs," Moscow, 1st ed., August 2025.
  6. Wikipedia, "HESA Shahed 136," en.wikipedia.org, revision of October 15, 2026.
  7. Faridah Abdulkadiri, "Rubio Says Operation Epic Fury Against Iran 'Is Over'," Arise News, May 6, 2026.
  8. Wikipedia, "Sky Fortress (drone defense system)," en.wikipedia.org, undated.
  9. Wikipedia, "Boeing Plant 2," en.wikipedia.org, undated.
  10. DVIDS, "U.S. Soldiers train with CUAS systems during Project Flytrap," June 6, 2025.
  11. DVIDS, "Coalition Forces Test Coyote UAS in Base Defense Exercise at Al-Tanf Garrison," March 12, 2025.
  12. Congressional Research Service, "Regulating State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement Actions to Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)," IF13279, everycrsreport.com, July 29, 2026.
  13. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "ATP 3-21.8, Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad," January 11, 2024, para 7-159 and glossary.

Speed Drop

5 sources
  1. Ted Hoeger, "Finding your Speed Drop Factor," Sniper's Hide, November 18, 2021, https://www.snipershide.com/precision-rifle/finding-your-speed-drop-factor/.
  2. Todd South, "New Marine Corps sniper rifle is officially operational," Marine Corps Times, November 25, 2024.
  3. Jodesz Gavilan, "US Army Invests $14M More in Barrett MK22 Rifles," The Defense Post, September 26, 2025, https://thedefensepost.com/2025/09/26/us-army-mk22-rifles/.
  4. Wikipedia, "M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle": in service 2011 to present (revision of July 5, 2026).
  5. Katie Godfrey, Austin Wilcox and Joe Racosky, "Using the Kestrel 5700 Elite with Applied Ballistics," Kestrel Ballistics training presentation, undated.

Subterranean Operations

7 sources
  1. Kari Huus and Ron Moreau, "Memories from the underground war," MSNBC and Newsweek, March 26, 2003.
  2. Bernard William Rogers, Cedar Falls-Junction City: A Turning Point, Vietnam Studies, Department of the Army, 1974, pp. 19, 30, 67 and 75.
  3. Phillip Andrews, "Subterranean Operations: Israeli Defense Force Lessons from Gaza," Center for Army Lessons Learned, September 10, 2025.
  4. Gabi Siboni and Simon Tsipsis, "Urban Guerrilla Warfare Conducted by Terrorist Organizations," Institute for National Security Studies, September 2025.
  5. John Spencer, "Israel's New Approach to Tunnels: A Paradigm Shift in Underground Warfare," Modern War Institute at West Point, December 2, 2024.
  6. Army Publishing Directorate, "Record Details for ATP 3-21.51," status ACTIVE, publication date November 1, 2019, as listed on October 15, 2026, https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/Details.aspx?PUB_ID=1008062.
  7. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "FM 3-06.11, Combined Arms Operations in Urban Terrain," Department of the Army, February 28, 2002, Appendix J, para J-2 and Figure J-4.

Relearning Infiltrations

30 sources
  1. “Attack on Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine,” Oryx, February 19, 2024.
  2. Benjamin Jensen, “Ukraine’s Success Shows Mastery of 3 Essential Skills of Modern Warfare,” Defense One, September 18, 2022.
  3. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "FM 3-90, Tactics," May 2023.
  4. Sophie Williams and Olga Pona, “Bloody River Battle Was Third in Three Days - Ukraine Official,” BBC News, May 13, 2022.
  5. Sam Skove, “Ukraine’s Soldiers Use Cheap Tech to Hide from Russia’s Deadly Drones,” Defense One, December 21, 2023.
  6. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "ATP 3-21.8, Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad," January 11, 2024, paras 4-16, 4-17, 4-19 and 4-20.
  7. Greg Myre, “Drones buzz overhead, troops hunker underground in Ukraine’s hellish kill zone,” NPR, October 5, 2026.
  8. Institute for the Study of War and Critical Threats, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 16, 2025.”
  9. Darragh McGovern, “Drones Drive Battlefield Motorcycle Tactical Shift,” RUSI commentary, August 2025.
  10. Kyiv Post, “Russia Attempts to Infiltrate Ukraine Through Pipeline from Kursk,” September 22, 2026.
  11. Iryna Levytska, “Kill zone on both sides of front line reaches 25 km, says Ukraine’s drone commander,” Ukrainska Pravda, May 14, 2026, reporting an interview with Robert “Magyar” Brovdi.
  12. David Axe, “The quiet tactic that took Pokrovsk may already be inside Kostiantynivka,” Euromaidan Press, January 16, 2026.
  13. Al Jazeera, “Russia infiltrates Pokrovsk with new tactics that test Ukraine’s drones,” November 6, 2025.
  14. Wikipedia, “Pokrovsk offensive.”
  15. Wikipedia, “Battle of Kostiantynivka.”
  16. Wikipedia, “Kursk campaign,” Preparations.
  17. Dorsel Boyer and Robert K. Becker, “How Ukraine Overcame the Transparent Battlefield to Achieve Operational Surprise in Kursk,” Red Diamond, TRADOC G2 (undated).
  18. The War Zone, “Russian Raiders Crawled For Miles Through Gas Pipeline To Attack Ukrainians In Kursk,” March 10, 2025.
  19. Operational-Strategic Group of Forces “Dnipro,” “Methodological Recommendations on Countering the Enemy’s Advance,” August 2025, section 1.3.
  20. Wikipedia, “Operation Spiderweb.”
  21. CSIS, “How Ukraine’s Operation ‘Spider’s Web’ Redefines Asymmetric Warfare,” June 2025.
  22. Kyiv Independent, reporting Reuters, “Reuters: Ukraine struck fewer Russian bombers during Operation Spiderweb than estimated, US officials claim,” June 5, 2025.
  23. Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds, “Tactical Lessons from Israel Defense Forces Operations in Gaza, 2023,” RUSI Occasional Paper, July 2024.
  24. CSIS, “Hamas’s October 7 Attack: Visualizing the Data,” December 19, 2023.
  25. NPR, “Israel spy agency lists failures in preventing Oct. 7 attack,” March 5, 2025.
  26. Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, “The October 7 Attack: An Assessment of the Intelligence Failings,” CTC Sentinel, October 2024.
  27. Emanuel Fabian, “IDF chief apologizes to freed surveillance soldiers for failing them on and before Oct. 7,” Times of Israel, February 14, 2025.
  28. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "FM 100-25, Doctrine for Army Special Operations Forces," August 1999, p. 3-7, quoting USAJFKSWCS Pub 525-5-6.
  29. Wikipedia, “Raid at Cabanatuan.”
  30. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, "MCWP 3-43.1 (formerly FMFM 7-32), Raid Operations," December 3, 1993, p. 1-15.

Tactical Decision Game

9 sources
  1. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, "Prosecutor v. Stanislav Galić, Judgement and Opinion," IT-98-29-T, December 5, 2003, paras 346, 357, 394 (n. 1342), 411-416 and nn. 1444-1463.
  2. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, "Prosecutor v. Dragomir Milošević, Judgement," IT-98-29/1-T, December 12, 2007, paras 119, 121 to 123, 411 and 412.
  3. OpenStreetMap contributors, map data for Dobrinja, Sarajevo airport and Butmir (ODbL), https://www.openstreetmap.org.
  4. U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department, "Sun and Moon Data for One Day," January 30 and 31, 1993, 43.818 N, 18.335 E, UTC+1, https://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/RS_OneDay.
  5. Meteostat, "Sarajevo (LQSA) hourly observations and Sarajevo-Bjelave daily observations," January 30 and 31, 1993, https://meteostat.net.
  6. NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, "NOAA Solar Calculator," solar position equations and glossary, https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/.
  7. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "ATP 3-21.8, Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad," January 11, 2024, paras 3-11, 3-98, 5-148, 7-10, 7-37, 7-61 to 7-63, 7-67 to 7-71 and 7-79.
  8. U.S. Marine Corps, Basic Reconnaissance Course, "Care Under Fire, Lesson Plan BRC0202," 2019.
  9. Wikipedia, "Sarajevo Tunnel," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarajevo_Tunnel.