[Milsurplus] Re: [armyradios] Stolen military items for sale online

[J Forster]

The insurgents are cutting us to pieces with AK-47s, IEDs, and RPGs.

They don't NEED crypto gear or satellite reconnaissance. All they need to do is
meet up at a mosque and go raid something. It's their neighborhood. If they need
uniforms, ambush and kill some GIs or go buy it on the commercial market. Ditto
for trucks or night vision stuff.

The CNN story is a PR stunt.

FWIW,
-John





Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Robert Nickels <w9ran at oneradio.net> wrote:
> > J Forster wrote:
> >
> > > The clueless jokers that wrote that report should go to any power
> > > boating store, where they can buy Gen III night vision gear, likely
> > > better than mil spec, over the counter for cash.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >  Agreed.    Even secure digital communication gear is no longer uniquely the
> > domain of the military.  Anyone can now buy license-free FHSS radios that
> > utilize 10 billion unique code combinations for $35.   (Trisquare TSX-300).
>
> Not to mention the high-def satellite pics being sold by I believe the
> french over the last few years. Or PGP encryption.
>
> IMO, the media problem started some years back when the new-age
> journalists decided to go from reporting the news to editorializing,
> to creating the news. It's one thing to have it in an analysis program
> like 60 Minutes or the O'Reilly Factor, using it in an actual new
> report can be very misleading. They can take an otherwise benign item
> and make it seem like the coming of the end simply by wording it in a
> suspicious way.
>
> "But its that the real intention, or is it really to hide the
> existence of aliens captured decades ago who write software for
> Microsoft?"
>
> A quick look at news ratings shows what works and what doesn't, but
> that hasn't stopped the nonsense. Still, whenever a politician makes
> such a vague suggestion as the '50 years' statement, it gets my
> attention. My thoughts would be more along the lines of anything still
> in production or being sold to allies, etc. But isn't that already the
> case?
>
> Having a law is one thing, enforcing it is another matter. And theft
> is still theft, last time I checked.
>
> ~ Todd, KA1KAQ