The Fat Electrician Vs Tactically Acquired | Unsubscribe Podcast 267

The CIA's ground branch is actively operating in Mexico, eliminating cartel bosses using surgical strikes. These operations sometimes leverage unexpected intelligence sources, such as triangulating a target's position based on metadata from their communications with an OnlyFans model. This reflects a return to 70s/80s-era covert tactics, but with a more targeted and technologically advanced approach, working 'by, with, and through' the Mexican military.

CIA ground branch is in Mexico right now just mking dudes just blowing up cartel vehicles... They triangulated his position based on going through the metadata of him talking to this Only Fans girl to have her come and meet him.

Modern warfare employs social engineering tactics, with examples like Ukrainian forces catfishing Russian soldiers on Instagram to gather troop movement intelligence. The hosts argue that US troops have a significant advantage in internet literacy due to unrestricted access, making them less susceptible to such scams compared to adversaries from censored internet environments. This vulnerability was humorously highlighted by the 'Gooning Brigade' phenomenon among North Korean soldiers upon their first exposure to the internet.

That's what the Ukrainians were doing to the Russians... They were literally getting all the Russian soldiers to be like messaging these girls on Instagram... Now they're tracking troop movements cuz some dude's trying to get laid. North Korean soldiers... they jerked themselves off to death... They became like the fucking 55th Gooning Brigade.

The Army is attempting to reintroduce and modernize precision grenade launchers, specifically the XM30 (successor to the XM25 Punisher). This 30mm semi-automatic weapon features laser rangefinding and air-burst capabilities, allowing grenades to detonate precisely past targets (e.g., 18 inches past a window), effectively turning a grenadier into a precision marksman. The original XM25 was reportedly canceled partly due to a company using the Geneva Convention's 'exploding ammunition' clause as an exit strategy from a difficult contract.

The army's trying to bring back the XM25... it's now 30 millimeter, which is like twice the volume, twice the lethality... program the grenade to explode 18 inches past the window. The company that made the XM25 Punisher was in a contract with another company and they wanted to stop making it because the army was a pain in the ass to work with. So, they used the Geneva Convention thing as kind of like a way to get out of the contract.

Gen Z's defining historical moments (COVID, school shootings) are local and less patriotic compared to previous generations (Berlin Wall, 9/11), leading to significant recruitment struggles. Recruiters now primarily sell education benefits or transferable job skills (cyber, signal, military intelligence) rather than appealing to patriotism or a sense of national purpose, reflecting a fundamental shift in recruit motivations.

Gen Z's cultural defining moment is... Covid... School shootings in general. These kids don't care about patriotism anymore... A lot of them are joining and it's the only thing I could sell was either education benefits... or get a skill that could translate into a job.

The ongoing situation in the Strait of Hormuz is a major concern, with Iran's actions impacting global oil prices and creating a dangerous stalemate. The US strategy of limited strikes without ground troops is seen as a 'losing proposition' against a determined adversary. The high cost of intercepting inexpensive missiles (e.g., $7 million per interceptor vs. $100,000 per incoming missile) creates a 'bleed-out' scenario, making offensive action against missile production facilities a more effective, but politically challenging, solution.

The biggest the scariest thing right now is the straight of four moves... offensive wins. You're going to want you can't intercept every missile that's coming... it takes a $7 million missile to shoot down a missile that costs a hundred grand, they're going to keep throwing $100,000 missiles at you all day long and they're going to bleed you dry first.

The VT fuse, a proximity-detonating artillery round, was a pivotal invention in WWII, arguably more significant than the atomic bomb. It allowed shells to explode automatically near targets (e.g., planes or troops above ground), drastically increasing effectiveness against aerial threats and infantry by eliminating the need for precise timing. Its development involved repurposing Christmas light manufacturing for its tiny acid vials, highlighting wartime industrial adaptation and ingenuity.

The VTfuse getting developed which was arguably a bigger deal than the nuclear bomb in World War II... It emits a little radar transmission and then once it gets once it gets thrown back at it, it knows that the plane's within 15t or whatever and then it explodes. They went to GE, the biggest manufacturer of Christmas lights in the country... Start putting acid in these vials.