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Posted on Apr 1, 2022
The History of Traffic Analysis – WWI – Vietnam Part 8 of 8
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The Cold War – The Early Stages
On Friday October 29, 1948 (known by cryptologists as Black Friday), the Soviets executed a massive change of their code and cipher systems and communications procedures with devastating effect upon the U.S. efforts to produce COMINT.
“Out of this devastation, Russian plaintext communications emerged as the principal source of intelligence on our primary Cold War adversary.”(42) Outside of plaintext, one of the only other sources of information was T/A.(43) That was the environment within which traffic analysts worked during the Cold War. With cryptanalysis being in a posture much reduced from the days of Enigma during WWII, T/A and plain language texts gained a more prominent role.
On Friday October 29, 1948 (known by cryptologists as Black Friday), the Soviets executed a massive change of their code and cipher systems and communications procedures with devastating effect upon the U.S. efforts to produce COMINT.
“Out of this devastation, Russian plaintext communications emerged as the principal source of intelligence on our primary Cold War adversary.”(42) Outside of plaintext, one of the only other sources of information was T/A.(43) That was the environment within which traffic analysts worked during the Cold War. With cryptanalysis being in a posture much reduced from the days of Enigma during WWII, T/A and plain language texts gained a more prominent role.
The History of Traffic Analysis – WWI – Vietnam Part 8 of 8
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel thanks for sharing. Might be one now and days with Ukraine. possibly.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Out of this devastation, Russian plaintext communications emerged as the principal source of intelligence on our primary Cold War adversary.”(42) Outside of plaintext, one of the only other sources of information was T/A.(43) That was the environment within which traffic analysts worked during the Cold War. With cryptanalysis being in a posture much reduced from the days of Enigma during WWII, T/A and plain language texts gained a more prominent role.
The Cold War presented a wide range of challenges for intelligence and in turn T/A. Foremost were the major “wars,” the “police action” in Korea, and the Vietnam War (see above). In addition to these “wars,” there was a series of crises, varying widely in nature. The Cuban missile crisis obviously was the most serious and best known. Other crises occurred in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as those stemming from attacks on U.S. assets."...
..."Out of this devastation, Russian plaintext communications emerged as the principal source of intelligence on our primary Cold War adversary.”(42) Outside of plaintext, one of the only other sources of information was T/A.(43) That was the environment within which traffic analysts worked during the Cold War. With cryptanalysis being in a posture much reduced from the days of Enigma during WWII, T/A and plain language texts gained a more prominent role.
The Cold War presented a wide range of challenges for intelligence and in turn T/A. Foremost were the major “wars,” the “police action” in Korea, and the Vietnam War (see above). In addition to these “wars,” there was a series of crises, varying widely in nature. The Cuban missile crisis obviously was the most serious and best known. Other crises occurred in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as those stemming from attacks on U.S. assets."...
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