The British Army is using a new weapon in its fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan - the text message.
Intelligence chiefs find out their enemies' mobile numbers and bombard them with messages to confuse them and destroy morale, according to The Sun.
Some messages are simply designed to discourage them, such as "We know who you are, give up" or "Go home, you'll never beat us".
Others are disguised as messages from comrades to spread duff information.
And attacks on Royal Marine commandos in lawless Helmand province have reportedly dropped since the initiative began last month.
The text attacks are carried out by the 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group, based at the Intelligence Corps' HQ in Chicksands, Bedfordshire.
A military source in Afghanistan said: "If they know their fight is pointless, they are quite likely to give up."