Dr Robert J Bunker

C/O Futures, LLC: Homeland and National Security, Threat Groups (Gangs, Cartels, Terrorists, et al), Tech & Weaponry, Concepts, Narratives, Epochal Change

[Dr Robert J Bunker @DocBunker]

A new C/O Futures, LLC (@CO_Futures_LLC) report is now out: David A. Kuhn et al., The Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Assassination Operation: 27 November 2020—Absard, Iran. 17 March 2021: 69 pp, https://t.co/hSuFirzlEs

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

FBI seizes drones, cites pilots near SoFi Stadium during the World Cup https://t.co/GX73f4kQ3M

[Dr Robert J Bunker @DocBunker]

I'll be providing Cartel Weaponized Drone Threats training (.12) to US LE at this CGIA conference during a 2 hour block along with some C/O Futures @CO_Futures_LLC PHY AI Drone Weaponization program updates for domestic early warning counter-terrorism/counter-cartel purposes.

[Dr Robert J Bunker @DocBunker]

From about 5 years ago @smallwars @CO_Futures_LLC -- still relevant: "Mexican Cartel Use of Social Media." Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET). 23 March 2021, https://t.co/JH3ZGTghQL

[David Hambling @David_Hambling]

https://t.co/u4Jk1fNYTk

[Dr Robert J Bunker @DocBunker]

We have lots of cool free research at the C/O Futures @CO_Futures_LLC website: Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan, "CJNG Improvised Armored Fighting Vehicles (IAFVs) with M134 Minigun Main Armament". C/O Futures Cartel Research Note Series. 15 Oct 2023, https://t.co/LrdYjWvWai

[Dr Robert J Bunker @DocBunker]

@CO_Futures_LLC 's initial work: Robert J. Bunker, Lisa J. Campbell, and Pamela Ligouri Bunker, "Active Shooter SYMBOLOGY-TEXT NARRATIVES Inscribed on Weaponry & Gear eBook." LIMITED DISTRIBUTION OSINT PRODUCT. October 2024: 118 Pages, https://t.co/ti7Vo5TaZ4

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

“Reforge the Beret: Special Forces and the Education Cognitive Warfare Demands”

“The decisive terrain of strategic competition is the cognitive domain,” writes Col. (Ret.) William Lyons in this #SWJEssay. Here, Special Forces hold a comparative advantage.

But to realize this advantage, he argues, we need a PME system that actually teaches for the next war, not the last one.

#SOF @USSOCOM @norwichnews
https://t.co/jq6SCROIfE

[Dr Robert J Bunker @DocBunker]

We have lots of cool free research at the C/O Futures @CO_Futures_LLC website: Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan, "CJNG Improvised Armored Fighting Vehicles (IAFVs) with M134 Minigun Main Armament". C/O Futures Cartel Research Note Series. 15 Oct 2023, https://t.co/LrdYjWvWai

[David Hambling @David_Hambling]

A Ukrainian drone bomb using a fence post spike looks crude (and has a crude name to match) but this penetrating munition threatens to negate most current counter-drone protection. No wonder the Russians are worried - story below

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

🧵“Stars and Signals: Why Operational Advantage from Satellites and Drones Decays Faster Than We Think”

👤Michael Posey, Naval Flight Officer; @us_awc
👤David Zesinger, U.S. Space Force Space Operations Officer; @us_awc

In February 1944, 🇫🇮Finnish defenders lit deceptive fires on Helsinki's outskirts, drew Soviet bombers off-target, then followed the returning fleet back to their bases and hit them on the ground.

That's the logic of degrading decision coherence in action.

What can this teach us about modern warfare?

A thread. 🧵

@NATO @DefenceFinland @FinnishAirForce #SWJEssay #SpaceForce #EW #NATO
https://t.co/XSl6uKvlGh

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

“The most consistent agreement across every audience – #SOF operators and COCOM staffers alike – is that cognitive threats are real and current military institutions are poorly organized to recognize (let alone resist) them.”

That’s what Jeremiah "Lumpy" Lumbaca, PhD., a retired @USArmy Green Beret, has to say about cognitive warfare.

“What Teaching Cognitive Warfare Taught Me About Cognitive Warfare” is full of this and other critical lessons. 📕

@IrregWarfare
@LumpyAsia
@USSOCOM
#SWJPerspectivepiece
#CognitiveWarfare

https://t.co/Mi6u36Z0w1

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

“Victory is often decided not by destroying platforms, but by shaping the conditions under which an adversary must make decisions,” write Michael Posey and David Zesinger.

“The Russia-Ukraine War suggests that the advantage will go to the force that maintains decision coherence, namely the ability to outthink the opponent, the longest, as operational advantages from satellite and drone effects will be fleeting.”

Read this #SWJEssay to understand how we got here– and what @NATO should do to prepare.

📰“Stars and Signals: Why Operational Advantage from Satellites and Drones Decays Faster Than We Think”

@us_awc @USSF_SSC
https://t.co/XSl6uKvTvP

[Dr Robert J Bunker @DocBunker]

I'll be providing Cartel Weaponized Drone Threats training (.12) to US LE at this CGIA conference during a 2 hour block along with some C/O Futures @CO_Futures_LLC PHY AI Drone Weaponization program updates for domestic early warning counter-terrorism/counter-cartel purposes.

[Dr Robert J Bunker @DocBunker]

From about 5 years ago @smallwars @CO_Futures_LLC -- still relevant: "Mexican Cartel Use of Social Media." Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET). 23 March 2021, https://t.co/JH3ZGTghQL

[ElGuzman @FuriaNegra77]

Fuerzas de seguridad integradas por la Guardia Nacional, el Ejército Mexicano y la Policía Estatal aseguraron en Huajicori y Acaponeta 15 artefactos explosivos artesanales, 50 cargadores, 1,586 cartuchos y equipo táctico. #Nayarit

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

Rhett Alden Price, "2006 or 2026? Will the Sheinbaum Administration adopt a Calderón-Era Security Doctrine?" EL CENTRO| PEER-REVIEWED. 9 June 2026, https://t.co/fP1rvjUKjl

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

"Inside El Mencho’s altar: faith amid cartel violence (featuring Dr. Robert J. Bunker)." EL CENTRO| NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS| THE DISCOURSE. 7 June 2026, https://t.co/J0HEWDclRu

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

💡 Ideas don't wear rank.

New from @DavidMaxwell161: How Small Wars Journal democratized strategic thought after 9/11, turning captains, scholars, operators & retirees into a marketplace of ideas that shaped doctrine, debate, & adaptation in real time.

A must-read on the power of open discourse.

#SmallWarsJournal @ASU

https://t.co/tIMfYR5QFr

[New York Post @nypost]

California Navy sailor, 25, 'caught in ISIS plot to kill Special Forces using rocket-propelled grenades and drones' https://t.co/N99SBBIq7y

[Pernicious Propaganda @natsecboogie]

From @pegavisaorjnews we have a photo of a traficante from Comando Vermelho w/ a drone detection device in Complexo da Penha, Rio de Janeiro.

The device is a Terjin PL2 Pro handheld drone locator. It is a Chinese product w/ a claimed range of 1-2 km within urban environments.