[iwar] Embassy-bug-a-thon.

From: c.b r (fastflyer28@yahoo.com)
Date: 2001-07-12 13:43:39


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RE: US Embassy in Moscow.  We foolishly  contracted
with the then Soviets for pre-fab concrete and other
pre-fab building materials to put together a cheaper
new embassy. WE DID WHAT? Let an adversary bug the
hell out of nearly anything they made for the building
making it uninhabitable. Hence, the new Russian
Embassy in DC sits new, but empty.  That is what
occurs when the State Dept tries to do such things
without the help of the technical folks in the
defense/intelligence business.  The Russians tried a
little too hard as their were differing type of bugs
and "listening" devices all over the building.  The
project was started in the 1980's and due to the first
bug sweep of our new location turning into a bug
fest-a sort of diplomatic Mexican stand-off has
occured.
No one has a new embassy.We have "rehabed" part of our
new building in Moscow, but the Russians are still
stuffed into a building that is falling apart for they
folly.  At the same time, the land the Soviets were
sold to build their new DC embassy on is at the
highest elevation in all of DC and has a lines eye
view of the White House which makes for even better
listening for the SVRR-the new KGB.  That is when, or
if they move in.

2- The comment on conductive spray-on  antennas is for
real and depending on the success of testing, its
formula will need to be very well protected by its
maker lest it get into the wrong hands.  While the
chemicals that make it, for the most part, are
avaialable on open market, a few are not. Its
situation is similar to radar absorbing paint.  We
have it down to an artform.  Other nations try, but I
have heard of no reports of others getting close. The
spray-on antennas will certainly make the job of
spying easier and far more damaging. If as effective
as DARPA has said, it will make the job of creating
battlefield connectivity much easier than it has been.
 During the Gulf War, we went into an entire nation
with 2 comms nodes.  By the time we left, if you
looked at a map of saudi with node overlay, it would
have been impossible to count the number of nodes.The
3rd C(comms) in C4I is always a critical need in any
battle.


--- Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> wrote:
> Source:
>
http://www.us.net/signal/CurrentIssue/July01/spray-july.html
> 
> July 2001 )SIGNAL Magazine 2001 
> Spray-on Antennas Make Their Mark 
> Experimental technologies offer elegant, inexpensive
> solutions. 
> By Henry S. Kenyon
> 
> Researchers are studying applications and materials
> for creating radio 
> antennas that are sprayed onto a surface. Made from
> commercially available 
> materials, these devices consist of a conductive
> substance sprayed over a 
> template with a radio aerial pattern on it. The
> antennas can be applied 
> directly to walls, windows or fabric shelters,
> allowing military commanders 
> and relief workers to set up communications networks
> quickly. 
> 
> Transporting, establishing and maintaining radio
> systems for military and 
> humanitarian operations is often a logistics
> balancing act because of weight 
> and space considerations. The ability to use any
> convenient surface as a 
> mount for an aerial provides planners with
> additional flexibility when 
> deploying in areas that are devastated or lack
> infrastructure. The Defense 
> Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
> Arlington, Virginia, is 
> considering a number of possible applications and
> techniques for using 
> spray-on antennas. 
> 
> [FC - Those of you who know about "The Thing" - a
> device placed by the
> Soviets in the US embasy in Moscow - is this the
> next opportunity for Things?]
> 
> 


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