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Then again, with a traditional analogue AM or FM radio it's trivial to triangulate the position (and possibly call in an artillery strike on said coordinates or
by jabl 9y ago
Then again, with a traditional analogue AM or FM radio it's trivial to triangulate the position (and possibly call in an artillery strike on said coordinates or whatever), as well as jamming it with a narrow-band jammer.
And without some hw/sw assisted crypto, communication becomes a lot slower. Or then you accept that the enemy can and will overhear what you say.
So for better or worse, complex radios based on digital technology is necessary for modern military use.
- ufo 9y agoHow does a more sophisticated radio avoid having its position triangulated?
- rasz 9y agolow power, spread spectrum, this of course severely limits the range. Example http://www.milspec.ca/radspec/prc-343.html http://www.milspec.ca/radspec/prc-343.html
- skookumchuck 9y ago> you accept that the enemy can and will overhear what you say. Enter the Code Talkers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker
- jabl 9y agoYes, I've seen the movie, thank you very much. Though I wonder whether it would be that useful today, with the state of voice recognition and machine translation technology? Just because you throw away those fancy digital radios doesn't mean that your enemy will forgo modern tech. ;)