Description from Perun's video page. Links do not copy properly from the YouTube description due to text shortening, please use links on YouTube if you want to click them. Beginning on September...
Description from Perun's video page. Links do not copy properly from the YouTube description due to text shortening, please use links on YouTube if you want to click them.
Beginning on September 16th, thousands of small explosions occurred across Lebanon - not caused by airstrikes or artillery, but by the detonation of thousands of Hezbollah issued communication devices.
In this episode, I discuss the detonations, explore how they may have occurred, and ask what lessons they might highlight regarding the importance of supply chain security.
Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct or political views and/or activities of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:00:45 — What Am I Talking About (And Not Talking About)?
00:03:21 — Background
00:09:24 — Setting Up The Pager Strike
00:19:55 — The Day Of The Pagers
00:27:14 — The Proxy Problem
00:29:38 — Lessons On Supply Chain Integrity
00:38:23 — A Kiwiland Dilemma
00:48:46 — Personalised Deterrence?
00:57:06 — Closing Thoughts
00:59:12 — Channel Update
Always great for a listen during my runs but this episode doesn't quite hit the mark. That's mainly on me though, and not on Perun. While the entire pager saga is an incredible piece of covert ops...
Always great for a listen during my runs but this episode doesn't quite hit the mark. That's mainly on me though, and not on Perun.
While the entire pager saga is an incredible piece of covert ops history, I'm just not as interested in that part of the world. Too contentious to say the least.
I prefer his content on Ukraine and Russia and by extension (or perhaps to an extent?) the overall impact on the world and their military development.
That doesn't mean I didn't give this a listen, in fact I'm about three quarters through while I went for a run an hour ago, and I'll still recommend it as you'll know what his content is like if you've ever listened to him present the most intriguing PowerPoints before.
Description from Perun's video page. Links do not copy properly from the YouTube description due to text shortening, please use links on YouTube if you want to click them.
Beginning on September 16th, thousands of small explosions occurred across Lebanon - not caused by airstrikes or artillery, but by the detonation of thousands of Hezbollah issued communication devices.
In this episode, I discuss the detonations, explore how they may have occurred, and ask what lessons they might highlight regarding the importance of supply chain security.
Patreon:
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Reading and Sourcing:
US Defence Logistics Agency Supply Chain Security Strategy
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Docum...
CSIS - Escalating to War between Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran
https://www.csis.org/analysis/escalat...
RUSI - Silicon Lifeline
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research...
United Nations on Resolution 1701
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/...
Nasrallah describing the scale of the pager and walkie-talkie operations impacts
https://www.voanews.com/a/israeli-mil...
Referenced or Relevant Reporting on the Pager & Walkie Talkie operation, background & aftermath
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRA...
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs...
https://www.rferl.org/a/budapest-leba...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-hez...
https://www.defensenews.com/global/mi...
https://www.twz.com/news-features/hez...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/arti...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...
Hezbollah vowing to 'continue fight'
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/new...
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-is...
Reporting on the 02/10 missile attack by Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Yoav Gallant released video
https://x.com/yoavgallant/status/1838...
Reporting on potential Nasrallah Successor
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
RoK decapitation strategy
https://www.nknews.org/2023/12/drills...
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/23/as...
The F-35 incident
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2022/...
https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/chine...
Reporting on PRC restrictions (or non-restrictions) on foreign hardware and software
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/13/china...
Caveats & Comments:
All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions.
Any content relating to the conduct or political views and/or activities of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:00:45 — What Am I Talking About (And Not Talking About)?
00:03:21 — Background
00:09:24 — Setting Up The Pager Strike
00:19:55 — The Day Of The Pagers
00:27:14 — The Proxy Problem
00:29:38 — Lessons On Supply Chain Integrity
00:38:23 — A Kiwiland Dilemma
00:48:46 — Personalised Deterrence?
00:57:06 — Closing Thoughts
00:59:12 — Channel Update
Always great for a listen during my runs but this episode doesn't quite hit the mark. That's mainly on me though, and not on Perun.
While the entire pager saga is an incredible piece of covert ops history, I'm just not as interested in that part of the world. Too contentious to say the least.
I prefer his content on Ukraine and Russia and by extension (or perhaps to an extent?) the overall impact on the world and their military development.
That doesn't mean I didn't give this a listen, in fact I'm about three quarters through while I went for a run an hour ago, and I'll still recommend it as you'll know what his content is like if you've ever listened to him present the most intriguing PowerPoints before.