The Silent Listener: British Electronic Surveillance: Falklands 1982
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752460293 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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J. Mike Smith VC (contrary to standing orders) before the battle of Goose Green.. He and his specialist trials and quick reaction intelligence and communications unit were sent to the Falklands in 1982. He personally briefed Col. Thorp enlisted in the army as an apprentice tradesman in 1955, transferring from the Royal Corps of Signals to the Intelligence Corps in 1960. About the AuthorD
Thorp enlisted in the army as an apprentice tradesman in 1955, transferring from the Royal Corps of Signals to the Intelligence Corps in 1960. J. He personally briefed Col. D. Mike Smith VC (contrary to standing orders) before the battle of Goose Green.. He and his specialist trials and quick reaction
The British, caught off guard, responded with Operation Corporate. On April 2, 1982, Argentina launched Operation Rosario, the invasion of the Falklands. Thorp, was tasked with providing electronic warfare support—interception of Argentinean electronic and radio signals—allowing the British to be in real time receipt of enemy plans long before execution. Thorp's top secret role in the investigation into the sinking of ARA General Belgrano.. It also details the development of electronic warfare during the Cold War period, including the establishment of a communications intercept site on East Island following the cessation of hostilities in the Falklands, and D.J. Deployed alongside the rest of the British Army was a small specialist intelligence unit, whose very existence was unknown to many commanders and whose activities were cloaked in the Official Secrets Act. For the first time in print, The Silent Listener confirms the existence and role of the Special Task Detachment during Operation Corporate and provides details of the deployment and operational role of a dedicated ground based electronic warfare (EW) weapons facility. Trained during the years of the Cold War, the OC of the unit, D.J
A bit of an ego stroke Biggles The author of this book was personally responsible for the British victory in the Falklands. Yes, that's how this book reads. Unfortunately, like many officers, the author takes the praise for what was actually the sweat and tears of his subordinates and fails to portion the credit to those who actually deserve it. This was a very disappointing read.. "Of interest to specialists of the Falklands and of SIGINT" according to FallsChurchReader. This is worth reading both for those people with a deep interest in the Falklands conflict and for those interested in British signals intelligence, a field about which little is officially released. Most interesting is what Thorp reveals regarding British knowledge of Argentine plans for a counter-attack from West Falkland at the very end of the British land campaign, a plan that, if executed, would have caused the end of the conflict to have been considerably more bloody than it turned out to be. Also interesting is his account of his Bri. More like a text book than a war story. Somewhat disappointing. I expected a little more drama and excitement, but the book reads like a textbook for British Naval Academy students. If you, like me, are interested in reading about radio communication, electronic espionage, electronic intelligence gathering, you won't find much of that here. Its more about who got assigned to what outfit, what the living conditions consisted of, which of the author's superiors were jerks, etc.