{"podcast":{"title":"The Cove Podcast","slug":"the-cove-podcast-7033630","podcast_index_feed_id":7033630,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thecovepodcast","website_url":"https://cove.army.gov.au/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d3a373cc-0ee1-11ed-8ebd-17f28ad4716b/image/eb59396993feea8949a0726597731249.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Australian Army","episode_count":187,"summary":"The Cove Podcast brings you candid, unfiltered conversations with the leaders, soldiers, and scholars shaping the Australian Army today. Each week, our host CAPT Todd Lempa sits down with uniformed officers and soldiers leading the change in the Australian Army as well as academics and international partners to unpack what modern warfare demands. From redefining leadership and resilience in the modern Army to exploring lessons from combat operations, command culture, human performance, and the future of land power, The Cove Podcast reveals how the Australian Army thinks, learns, and fights. Whether it’s a Regimental Sergeant Major reflecting on combat, a general discussing Warrior Culture, or a psychologist unpacking mental readiness—each episode delivers a grounded look at the people and ideas driving the Australian Army forward. Insightful, grounded, and authentic — this is where the Australian Army thinks out loud.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cove-podcast-7033630"},"episode":{"title":"The Double-Edged Sword: Jamming and Machine Learning - MAJ Tom Berry","slug":"the-double-edged-sword-jamming-and-machine-learning-maj-tom-berry","published_at":"2025-11-16T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cove-podcast-7033630/the-double-edged-sword-jamming-and-machine-learning-maj-tom-berry","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cove-podcast-7033630","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/HVTCV8541903923.mp3?updated=1763338973","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/HVTCV8541903923.mp3?updated=1763338973","summary":"‘If an adversary is operating in a highly enabled headquarters and we’re not, we will fall behind instantly ...’ In this week’s episode, the host sits down with MAJ Tom Berry, a Signals Officer posted to Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC), to unpack the realities of jamming, machine learning, and the future of command-and-control on the modern battlefield. Building on a recent episode titled Tactical Communications with CAPT Jack Virtue, this conversation shifts from line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight communications to the complex world of electronic warfare, adaptation, and decision-making advantage. We break down the assumptions many of us still hold about jamming — including the belief that enemy EW will simply “switch off” our command posts and force us back to maps and talcs. MAJ Berry explains why jamming rarely works like that, how most systems retain offline data even when real-time feeds are denied, and why jamming is a double-edged sword that exposes the emitter as much as the target. From GPS and SATCOM spoofing to tactical-level EW effects and A2/AD systems, he outlines the conditions, power requirements, and vulnerabilities that determine how and when jamming is actually effective. The episode then explores mesh networks, distributed architectures, and what resilient, reconfigurable communications webs can offer a formation — and their limits. We discuss why mesh networks reduce bandwidth stress on BLOS communications, how they support tempo, and why even the best mesh still depends on a reliable BLOS hop. Finally, we dive into machine learning and its role in enabling commanders and staff. MAJ Berry explains how ML helps find “needles in haystacks,” reduces the staff effort required to decypher useful information, and gives command post sta…","meta_description":"‘If an adversary is operating in a highly enabled headquarters and we’re not, we will fall behind instantly ...’ In this week’s episode, the host sits dow…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2568,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-cove-podcast-7033630/episodes/the-double-edged-sword-jamming-and-machine-learning-maj-tom-berry/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cove-podcast-7033630/the-double-edged-sword-jamming-and-machine-learning-maj-tom-berry.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}