//The Wire//2130Z October 11, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: ISRAELI TARGETING OF UNITED NATIONS POSITIONS IN LEBANON DRAWS INTERNATIONAL CONCERN. KNOXVILLE EXPLOSIVE SITUATION STILL POSES THREAT TO LOCALS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: Tensions are escalating between Israel and the United Nations following Israeli attacks on United Nations Peacekeeping bases in Lebanon. Over the past few days, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) troops have allegedly be...
Oct 11, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2300Z October 10, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: HURRICANE MILTON MAKES LANDFALL IN FLORIDA, EFFECTS LARGELY MITIGATED. MULTIPLE VIOLENT ATTACKS STRIKE FRANCE. GEORGIA OFFICIAL DIES FOLLOWING TESIMONY ON BIOLAB FIRE. POTENTIAL EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN KNOXVILLE PROMPT LARGE EVACUATION.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- France: Unrest has been reported in the vicinity of Cavaillon, following insurgent attacks on local authorities overnight. Several police vehicles were burned f...
Oct 10, 2024•3 min
//The Wire//2300Z October 9, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: HURRICANE MILTON BEGINS TO MAKE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA. TERROR ATTACK ALLEGEDLY THWARTED IN OKLAHOMA.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Europe: A man attempted to physically attack Hungarian Prime Minister Orban during a press conference yesterday. The man was arrested at the scene, having been halted by security teams before getting close to PM Orban. -HomeFront- USA: This afternoon the Internet Archive, a well-known digital l...
Oct 09, 2024•3 min
//The Wire//2100Z October 8, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: CYBERATTACKS IMPACT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN US. HURRICANE MILTON ON COURSE FOR TAMPA.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: The war continues as before. Israeli targeting of Beirut has increased in severity and frequency over the past few days, with much destruction being reported throughout the city. The Israeli land invasion is progressing from the south and from the east, with Israel ordering the evacuation of...
Oct 08, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2300Z October 7, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: HURRICANE MILTON STRENGTHENS TO CATEGORY 5. PROBABLE TERROR ATTACK THWARTED IN TEXAS. NEW ZEALAND WARSHIP SINKS IN PACIFIC.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- New Zealand: Last night the HMNZS Manawanui sank off the coast of the Samoan island of Upolu while conducting a reef survey. The reef was located upon the Manawanui running aground, which caused the ship to catch fire and capsize. The crew abandoned ship and were rescue...
Oct 07, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2300Z October 4, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: DISASTER RECOVERY CONTINUES IN AMERICAN SOUTHEAST.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- Southeast: Recovery efforts continue amid growing reports of federal corruption and general malevolence. On the ground, locals and independent volunteer groups are working alongside National Guard assets to aid disaster victims and continue recovery efforts. Much of the recovery work itself is being worked by a variety of groups working independently o...
Oct 04, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2300Z October 3, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: ISRAEL STRIKES TARGETS IN SYRIA, CONTINUES INVASION OF LEBANON. RECOVERY CONTINUES IN AMERICAN SOUTHEAST.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Global: An Earth-facing X9.0-class solar flare has been observed overnight, continuing the heightened solar activity during this solar cycle. AC: This will likely degrade shortwave radio communications for the next few days on the sun-facing side of Earth. Middle East: Last night, Israel...
Oct 04, 2024•4 min
//The Wire//2130Z October 2, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: IRAN STRIKES ISRAEL WITH BALLISTIC MISSILES. MASS SHOOTING REPORTED IN TEL AVIV. CONTROVERSY CONTINUES TO MOUNT IN SOUTHEASTERN DISASTER ZONE.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: Last night, multiple Iranian ballistic missiles stuck various targets in Israel. Video footage from people on the ground indicate dozens (possibly hundreds) of missiles were launched, many of which were intercepted by David’s Sling defens...
Oct 02, 2024•6 min
Oct 01, 2024•20 min
//The Wire//1630Z October 1, 2024// //PRIORITY// //BLUF: ISRAEL BEGINS GROUND INVASION OF LEBANON. RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE IN AMERICAN SOUTHEAST. ILA LABOR STRIKE BEGINS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: Overnight Israeli forces began their ground invasion of Lebanon. So far, it is unclear as to if this is a limited border incursion or the prelude to a much larger invasion. AC: Sources on either side have not entirely been reliable, and due to the remote terrain i...
Oct 01, 2024•8 min
//The Wire//1830Z September 30, 2024// //PRIORITY// //BLUF: HURRICANE DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN US CATASTROPHIC. DOCKWORKER UNION STRIKE TO BEGIN TOMORROW, SHUTTING DOWN MOST EAST COAST PORTS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- USA: A nationwide Verizon outage was reported this morning, affecting most of the United States. AC: As cellular communications have been strained due to the increased demand throughout the southeast, localized outages have been reported. The cause of this national outag...
Sep 30, 2024•7 min
The Great ShakeOut: https://www.shakeout.org/ 00:00 - Northeast Region 03:36 - Southeast Region 11:20 - Southwest Region 13:59 - Western Region 16:49 - Western Europe 24:13 - War in Lebanon 35:09 - GhostNet Reports The text version of the Wire can be found on Twitter: https://twitter.com/s2_underground And on our Wire Telegram page here: https://t.me/S2undergroundWire If you would like to support us, we're on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=30479515 And if you don't like Patreon, we're a...
Sep 28, 2024•38 min
//The Wire//2200Z September 27, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: FLOODING REMAINS SEVERE THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAN SOUTHEAST. IRANIANS CHARGED WITH CYBERATTACK ON TRUMP CAMPAIGN.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: This afternoon various Israeli media began to posit that Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike in Beirut last night. -HomeFront- Washington D.C. – Three Iranian nationals have been charged by the Department of Justice for cyberattac...
Sep 27, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2200Z September 26, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: NYC MAYOR INDICATED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES. WHITE HOUSE APPROVES UKRAINIAN, ISRAELI AID PACKAGES. HURRICANE HELENE TO MAKE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA TONIGHT.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: The war in Lebanon continues as before, no reports of Israeli incursions yet. Most of the pre-shaping fires have taken the form of airstrikes that have mostly been contained south of the Litani River. However, sporadic strikes ...
Sep 26, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2000Z September 25, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES IN NEW YORK. IED DETONATES IN CALIFORNIA COURTHOUSE. ISRAEL CONTINUES PREPARATION FOR INVASION OF LEBANON.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: Conflict continues to escalate as before. Overnight a drone attack originating from Iraq was carried out on a small Israeli outpost in the Negev desert, causing severe damage. In Israel, growing rhetoric suggests that the IDF is ...
Sep 25, 2024•4 min
//The Wire//2100Z September 24, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: WEAPONS CACHE CONTAINING RPGS DISCOVERED ON US/MEXICO BORDER. US NAVY SUPPORT VESSEL RUNS AGROUND. CONGRESS PREPARING FOR DECAPITATION STRIKE ON KEY U.S. LEADERS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: A US Navy support vessel is reportedly taking on water due to running aground off the coast of Oman. The USNS BIG HORN (T-AO-198) ran aground sometime a few days ago, with various posts regarding her damage being le...
Sep 24, 2024•3 min
//The Wire//2200Z September 23, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: RUSSIAN ICBM TEST FAILS. ISRAELI BOMBING IN LEBANON CONTINUES. DOJ RELEASES BOUNTY LETTER FROM WOULD-BE TRUMP ASSASSIN.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Russia: Over the weekend, a routine ICBM test failed catastrophically in Arkhangelsk Oblast. Satellite imagery confirmed the presence of a large crater at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome indicating that a RS-28 SARMAT (NATO reporting name: SS-30 SATAN II, [likely omitting the “X...
Sep 24, 2024•4 min
//The Wire//2200Z September 20, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: MAJOR FIRE BREAKS OUT IN OHIO. POTENTIAL FOR WAR IN LEBANON CONTINUES TO MOUNT.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: This morning Israeli bombing continued in Lebanon, to include the targeting of at least one major residential structure in Beirut. Hezbollah rocket attacks have continued in kind, though more randomly and sporadically. AC: No indications of an Israeli ground offensive occurring yet, though forces ...
Sep 20, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2200Z September 19, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: ISRAEL SHIFTS FORCES TO NORTHERN FRONT. INCIDENT CAUSES INJURIES AT TRUMP EVENT.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: This afternoon, following the second wave of Israeli IED attacks throughout Lebanon, Israeli forces announced the creation of a northern front campaign, and a shifting of resources to the northern border with Lebanon. Local Israeli media has claimed that the ground invasion of Lebanon has begun, ...
Sep 19, 2024•3 min
//The Wire//1800Z September 18, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: SUSPICOUS INCIDENT OCCURS AT TRUMP RALLY IN LONG ISLAND. UKRAINE STRIKES MAJOR RUSSIAN ARMS DEPOT. ANOTHER WAVE OF EXPLODING DEVICES STRIKES LEBANON.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: As expected, another wave of device explosions has struck Lebanon. This morning, hundreds of handheld radios reportedly exploded throughout Beirut, in a probable continuation of yesterday’s targeting efforts by Israel. So far, h...
Sep 18, 2024•7 min
//The Wire//2000Z September 17, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: CLANDESTINE ISRAELI OPERATION RESULTS IN WIDESPREAD INJURIES IN LEBANON.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: This morning Israeli forces enacted a covert sabotage plan that has apparently been in the works for some time. This morning, thousands of communications devices exploded throughout Lebanon at exactly the same time. So far, initial reporting from Lebanon indicates roughly 2,800 Lebanese citizens have bee...
Sep 17, 2024•9 min
//The Wire//2330Z September 16, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: DETAILS OF SECOND TRUMP SHOOTING REMAIN SUSPICIOUS. GAS PIPELINE EXPLODES IN TEXAS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- Florida: The suspect who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump yesterday afternoon has been identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, an activist heavily involved in the Ukrainian War as an advocate for western volunteers. All of the suspect’s social media accounts have been purged from existence, likely in response to federa...
Sep 17, 2024•5 min
IPB Video: https://youtu.be/oIJDMbwziOI Intel Cycle: https://youtu.be/J_fjLoa5rBo Battle Tracking: https://youtu.be/CBHJWfrGKdE 00:00 - Introduction 01:12 - Scale and Perspective 01:55 - The Emergency 03:54 - Terrain 06:42 - Personnel 08:01 - Contingent Situation 08:58 - Security 10:35 - Idle Hands 13:21 - The Question 14:33 - Lead Analyst 20:53 - CUOPS 24:38 - Production Manager 37:45 - FUOPS/Plans 47:22 - Survivability 52:16 - Final Considerations If you would like to support us, we're on Patr...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min
//The Wire//2230Z September 15, 2024// //PRIORITY// //BLUF: GUNMAN ENGAGES TRUMP IN APPARENT SECOND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, TRUMP NOT INJURED IN THE ATTACK, GUNMAN APPREHENDED ALIVE.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- Florida: This afternoon a gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump as he was playing golf at the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. An unidentified gunman approached the security perimeter of the golf course with an AK-47, and attempted to engage Trump throu...
Sep 15, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2200Z September 13, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: TEPID ATMOSPHERICS REMAIN THROUGHOUT EUROPE AS U.S. EYES NEXT ESCALATION OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. // -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Poland: This afternoon a diplomatic incident has mounted following remarks by Polish politicians following the conclusion of a brief state visit by US SECSTATE Blinken. Poland has hosted varying talks related to the Ukrainian War, with Polish leadership expressing support for allowing Ukraine ...
Sep 13, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2300Z September 12, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: HURRICANE FRANCINE MAKES LANDFALL. RESIGNATION OF NYPD COMMISSIONER REPORTEDLY PENDING. MAN SELF-IMMOLATES IN THE VICINITY OF ISRAELI CONSULATE IN BOSTON.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- Louisiana: Hurricane Francine made landfall last night as a Category 2 hurricane, before rapidly losing strength and becoming a tropical depression. As of this report over 340,000 customers remain without power due to localized flooding and storm ...
Sep 12, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2230Z September 11, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: US SENDS ANOTHER AID PACKAGE TO UKRAINE. INDIA/CHINA BORDER DISPUTE CONTINUES. // -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Southern Asia: Border tensions between India and China have begun to slightly escalate again as China has increased their presence in the highly-contested Arunachal Pradesh region. Monday afternoon, a local news outlet published photos indicating the presence of a previous Chinese encampment in the region, alo...
Sep 11, 2024•3 min
//The Wire//2200Z September 10, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: UKRAINE CONTINUES LONG-RANGE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA. U.K. PARLIAMENT VOTES AGAINST MEASURE TO STOP THE AXING OF WINTER FUEL PAYMENT. SEARCH FOR INTERSTATE GUNMAN IN KENTUCKY CONTINUES.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Russia: Ukraine conducted another significant drone attack on Moscow, resulting in the death of one woman. Russia claims to have downed 144 drones in varying regions of Russia overnight. AC: This continues the i...
Sep 10, 2024•4 min
//The Wire//2200Z September 9, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN KENTUCKY FOLLOWING INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AMBUSH. TDA MEMBERS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED IN COLORADO FREED ON BAIL.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -HomeFront- Kentucky: A manhunt is underway following a shooting that took place on I-75 in Laurel County. Saturday evening a man lying in ambush conducted a small arms attack on random vehicles passing by on the interstate in the vicinity of Exit 49. 5x people were wounded in the attack, ...
Sep 09, 2024•2 min
//The Wire//2300Z September 6, 2024// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: AMERICAN KILLED BY IDF SNIPER IN WEST BANK. TDA MEMBERS ARRESTED IN COLORADO.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: Diplomatic tensions have arisen as a result of Israeli forces killing an American citizen in the West Bank via sniper fire. The White House has voiced concern regarding the attack, which has focused attention on the use of lethal force against unarmed protesters, as well as the reasoning behind Israe...
Sep 06, 2024•2 min
