Volume III sources

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

1. Design Your Communication Strategy
2. Tactical Cyber Operations
3. Create an Underground Resistance
4. Apply Base Defense to Home Defense
5. Setup for Success
6. Sniping on the Assault
7. Machine Guns and Emerging Tech
8. Kamikaze FPV Drones
9. Scavenge Kit and Protocol
10. The Art of Man Tracking
11. The Future of Mountain Warfare

1. eCFR, "47 CFR 95.563, FRS channels," Electronic Code of Federal Regulations.
2. eCFR, "47 CFR 97.111, Authorized transmissions," Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, paragraph (a)(3).
3. ARRL, "New Technician Class Question Pool Released -- Effective July 1, 2026," April 28, 2026.
4. ARRL, "New Technician Question Pool Takes Effect July 1," ARRL News, June 22, 2026.
5. eCFR, "47 CFR 95.1705, Individual licenses required; eligibility; who may operate; cooperative use," Electronic Code of Federal Regulations.
6. eCFR, "47 CFR 90.179, Shared use of radio stations," Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, paragraph (a).
7. Meshtastic, "Meshtastic Firmware 2.5.0.9ac0e26 Alpha," GitHub release, September 11, 2024.
8. Meshtastic, "Encryption," Meshtastic documentation, meshtastic.org.
9. Meshtastic, "Repeated Public/Private Keypairs," GitHub security advisory GHSA-gq7v-jr8c-mfr7 (CVE-2025-52464), June 18, 2025.
10. RTL-SDR.com, "Buy RTL-SDR Dongles," rtl-sdr.com.
11. Federal Communications Commission, fcc.gov.
12. RadioReference, radioreference.com.
13. AntennaSearch, "Search for Cell Towers & Antennas," antennasearch.com.
14. RepeaterBook, repeaterbook.com.
15. Signal Identification Wiki, "Signal Identification Guide," sigidwiki.com.
16. Kaila Lafferty, "Seattle Fire, King County public safety agencies encrypt radio channels in mid-August," Fire Line, Seattle Fire Department, August 18, 2026.
17. ARRL, "Getting Licensed," arrl.org, 2026.
18. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 47 CFR 97.503, "Element standards," and 97.509, "Administering VE requirements," ecfr.gov.

1. Mark Nicol, "EXCLUSIVE: Russian spies are tracking British former special forces teams by their mobile numbers - and the data is then used to decide where to launch missile attacks," Daily Mail, March 18, 2022, dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10629125.
2. "Yavoriv military base attack," Wikipedia.
3. Clearview AI, Frequently Asked Questions, clearview.ai/faq.
4. Dutch Data Protection Authority, "Dutch DPA imposes a fine on Clearview," September 3, 2024.
5. Ryan Mac, Caroline Haskins and Logan McDonald, "Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tech Is Being Used By The Justice Department, ICE, And The FBI," BuzzFeed News, February 27, 2020, buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-fbi-ice-global-law-enforcement.
6. European Union, "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act)," Official Journal of the European Union, July 12, 2024, Articles 2, 5 and 113, eur-lex.europa.eu.
7. Privacy Guides, iOS overview (Tracking).
8. Apple Support, "Control personalized ads on the App Store, Apple News, and Stocks," support.apple.com/en-us/105131.
9. Google, Play Console Help, "Advertising ID," support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6048248.
10. "macOS Ventura," Wikipedia.
11. Microsoft Support, "General privacy settings in Windows," support.microsoft.com.
12. U.S. Federal Trade Commission, "FTC Finalizes Order Banning Mobilewalla from Selling Sensitive Location Data," January 14, 2025, ftc.gov.
13. Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron, "Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany," WIRED, November 19, 2024 (with BR and netzpolitik.org).
14. Bitwarden, bitwarden.com.
15. KeePass, "Downloads," keepass.info/download.html.
16. Proton, "Proton Mail: Sign-in," account.proton.me/mail.
17. Have I Been Pwned, "Check if your email address has been exposed in a data breach," haveibeenpwned.com.
18. SimpleLogin, "Open source anonymous email service," simplelogin.io.
19. Proton VPN, protonvpn.com.
20. DNS leak test, dnsleaktest.com.
21. Proton VPN, "Create a free VPN account," protonvpn.com/support.
22. Mark Smith, "Every Voice and Video Call on Discord Is Now End-to-End Encrypted," Discord blog, May 18, 2026.
23. Check Point Research, "Interplay between Iranian Targeting of IP Cameras and Physical Warfare in the Middle East," research.checkpoint.com, March 4, 2026.
24. Kateryna Bondar, "Ukraine's Future Vision and Current Capabilities for Waging AI-Enabled Autonomous Warfare," CSIS, March 6, 2025.
25. Cyril Barabaltchouk, "Ukrainian Drone Strikes Using AI Target Homing Increase Tenfold, Brave1 Reports," UNITED24 Media, September 8, 2026.

1. Gilles Dorronsoro, "The Taliban's Winning Strategy in Afghanistan," Carnegie Endowment, June 2009.
2. UN Secretary-General, "The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security," A/80/366-S/2025/554, September 5, 2025, paragraph 18.
3. UN Secretary-General, "The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security," A/81/363-S/2026/724, September 9, 2026, Summary and paragraph 9.
4. Focus Taiwan (CNA), "Medical capacity reduction, internet slowdowns conclude civil resilience drills," August 13, 2026.
5. Headquarters, Department of the Army, FM 3-05, "Army Special Operations," June 2025, title page and Foreword.
6. U.S. Army Special Operations Command, "Unconventional Warfare Pocket Guide," Version 1.0, April 5, 2016, "Components of a Resistance," pp. 6-8.

1. Sun Tzu, "The Art of War," translated by Lionel Giles, chapter III, verse 18.
2. Jon Harper, "NORAD commander says hundreds of drone incursions were detected at US military installations," DefenseScoop, February 13, 2025.
3. Howard Altman, "U.S. Battled Drone Incursions Over Key Bases At Home After Launch Of Epic Fury," The War Zone, March 24, 2026.
4. "Operation Spiderweb," Wikipedia.
5. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "FM 3-19.30, Physical Security," January 8, 2001, Figures 3-1, 3-4 and 6-9, paras 3-7, 3-11, 3-26, 6-71 and 6-74.
6. FAA, DOJ, FCC and DHS, "Advisory on the Application of Federal Laws to the Acquisition and Use of Technology to Detect and Mitigate Unmanned Aircraft Systems," August 2020.
7. Howard Altman, "Inside Ukraine's Fiber-Optic Drone War," The War Zone, May 28, 2025.
8. Howard Altman, "Anti-Drone Nets Now Being Used To Protect Buildings In Russia," The War Zone, April 3, 2025.
9. Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security, "Counter-UAS Authority for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement and Correctional Agencies," interim final rule, Federal Register 2026-13609, July 6, 2026.
10. Seattle Police Department, "Home Security: Door Security," Crime Prevention Bulletin, seattle.gov.

1. Jack Watling, "Emergent Approaches to Combined Arms Manoeuvre in Ukraine," RUSI Insights Paper, October 2025.
2. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "FM 3-05.70, Survival," May 17, 2002, para 7-7 and Figure 7-2.

1. Taisiia Vivdych, "Ukraine's snipers didn't vanish in the drone war: their job changed beyond recognition," Euromaidan Press, September 18, 2026.
2. U.S. Army, "Army Sniper Course tests signature management tech to enhance health, safety," army.mil, March 31, 2026.
3. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "ATP 3-21.8, Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad," January 11, 2024, para 7-112 and figure 7-10.

1. Daniel Terrill, "Not 'just a gun': New SOCOM rifle allows barrel swapping and cartridge changes," Defense News, June 1, 2026.
2. Howard Altman, "Inside SOCOM's Search For New Machine Guns, Rifles And Ammo," The War Zone, May 21, 2026.
3. Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds, "Tactical Developments During the Third Year of the Russo-Ukrainian War," RUSI, February 14, 2025.
4. Vlad Sutea, "Fiber-optic drones have emerged as critical kit for both Russia and Ukraine," Atlantic Council, February 24, 2026.

1. Andrii Konyk and Illia Volynskyi, "Defense Procurement Agency announced the volumes of supply and undersupply of drones, electronic warfare, ammunition and other weapons," Mezha (Defense), January 15, 2026.
2. Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds, "Tactical Developments During the Third Year of the Russo-Ukrainian War," RUSI, February 2025.
3. Joseph Trevithick, "Army Sets Out To Buy A Million Drones By 2028," The War Zone, November 7, 2025.
4. Ashley Roque, "Hegseth orders military to 'unleash' use of small drones in new memo," Breaking Defense, July 10, 2025.
5. Eve Sampson, "As experimental drone battalion ends, Army aims to push drones to every squad," Military Times, September 18, 2026.
6. Oscar Liang, "Review: DJI O3 Air Unit and DJI Goggles 2," OscarLiang.com, January 29, 2023.
7. Benjamin Remler and Julien Segre, "The Curran Papers No. 5: Jamming uninhabited aerial vehicle video signals," Armada International, February 5, 2026.
8. Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Public Notice DA 25-1086, December 22, 2025.
9. Oscar Liang, "How to Setup Walksnail Avatar Digital HD FPV System," OscarLiang.com, February 8, 2023.
10. Vlad Sutea, "Fiber-optic drones have emerged as critical kit for both Russia and Ukraine," Atlantic Council, February 24, 2026.
11. David Hambling, "Moving Targets: Implications of the Russo-Ukrainian War for Drone Terrorism," CTC Sentinel, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, July 2025.

1. California Legislature, "AB 468, Crimes: looting," Chapter 533, Statutes of 2025, California Legislative Information, October 10, 2025, chaptered text.
2. California Legislature, "SB 571, Emergencies: crimes," Chapter 545, Statutes of 2025, California Legislative Information, October 10, 2025, chaptered text.
3. Ventura County District Attorney, "Stronger Penalties Now in Place for Disaster Looting & Emergency Impersonation," Release No. 26-003, January 7, 2026.
4. State of California, "Penal Code section 463," California Legislative Information, January 1, 2026, current code text.
5. State of California, "Penal Code section 538i," California Legislative Information, January 1, 2026, current code text.
6. Jim Hammerand, "Baxter and the storm: Lessons from the North Cove flood response and recovery," Medical Design & Outsourcing, September 10, 2025.
7. Elise Reuter, "Baxter cuts roughly 90 jobs at IV solutions plant that recovered from Hurricane Helene," Healthcare Dive, February 10, 2026.
8. FDA, "Statement from FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H.: Announcing Resolution of the IV Saline Solutions Shortage," August 8, 2025.
9. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water," epa.gov, last updated February 24, 2026, https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water.

1. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "TC 3-22.69, Advanced Situational Awareness," April 2, 2021.
2. AFP, "Bitter Cold Complicates Ukraine's Drone Defense," Kyiv Post, February 16, 2026.
3. Kai Gilmour Gath, "The Reconnaissance Reality Gap: Western Doctrine vs. the Ukrainian Battlefield," Small Wars Journal, December 9, 2025.
4. Jack Kearney, "Tracking: A Blueprint for Learning How," Pathways Press, El Cajon, Calif., 1978, fourth printing April 1986.
5. Headquarters, Department of the Army, TC 31-34-4, Special Forces Tracking and Countertracking, September 30, 2009, para. 1-16.

1. UNESCO WWAP, "The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025: Mountains and Glaciers, Water Towers," Executive Summary, UNESCO, 2025, pp. 1 and 4.
2. "2025 Armenia–Azerbaijan peace agreement," Wikipedia.
3. "2025 India–Pakistan conflict," Wikipedia.
4. "Geography of China," "Himalayas," "K2," "Mount Everest," "Beijing," "Greater Khingan," "Changbai Mountains," "Tian Shan," "Kunlun Mountains," "Korea" and "Taiwan," Wikipedia.
5. "Twelve-Day War," Wikipedia.
6. "2026 Iran war," Wikipedia.
7. U.S. Department of State, "Foreign Terrorist Organization Designations of Tren de Aragua, Mara Salvatrucha, Cartel de Sinaloa, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Carteles Unidos, Cartel del Noreste, Cartel del Golfo, and La Nueva Familia Michoacana," Federal Register, February 20, 2025, 90 FR 10030.
8. "United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear," Wikipedia.
9. "2026 Jalisco operation," Wikipedia.
10. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, "Healthy People 2030, Objective PA-05," 2024 data.
11. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "TC 3-97.61, Military Mountaineering," November 26, 2025.
12. "Mountaineering Badge," Wikipedia.
13. EAWS, "Fatalities 2022/23" and "Fatalities 2025/26," avalanches.org; CAIC, U.S. avalanche accident data, 2022/23.
14. Headquarters, Department of the Army, "TC 3-25.26, Map Reading and Land Navigation," November 15, 2013.
15. NOLS, "Wilderness First Responder (WFR)," nols.edu.