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The Russians don't have reliable communications, so it's not like there's that much choice. Furthermore, the level of training and education of the average Rus

by sofixa 5y ago

The Russians don't have reliable communications, so it's not like there's that much choice. Furthermore, the level of training and education of the average Russian soldier is.. not great. Look at some of the things they did around Chernobyl for an example of their knowledge gaps. Same goes for their discipline ( low morale, poor training, corruption, encouragement of war crimes will do that).

octoberfranklin 5y ago
> The Russians don't have reliable communications, so it's not like there's that much choice. Oh come on, VHF radio is stupid reliable. It's a war zone, so nobody's enforcing TX power limits. I don't buy this explanation. They aren't downloading multigigabyte 4k video, they're issuing combat orders. VHF has done a great job with that for decades.
- sofixa 5y ago
  Have you seen the captured kits? Some soldiers have cheap walkie-talkies (literally commercial off the shelf cheap Chinese brands), but many others have nothing. If i recall correctly, their aircraft are supposed to be fitted with some high tech super encrypted communications system, but it doesn't work, which is why they use phones (with buttons). It's not a matter of "the tech is too complex", it's more of a "the people supposed to implement/acquire/rollout this relatively basic tech pocketed the money instead".
  - octoberfranklin 5y ago
    > Some soldiers have cheap walkie-talkies (literally commercial off the shelf cheap Chinese brands) Which need neither fiber optics nor cell towers. Baofengs aren't actually all that bad (they're not all that good either). Claiming that they are so poor they couldn't order a palletload of Baofengs is just so far beyond believable...
    - sofixa 5y ago
      It's not a matter of being poor, but corrupt. The money was allocated, and later stolen.
- multjoy 5y ago
  They don't have VHF radio.
- codedokode 5y ago
  You cannot talk to your friends or girlfriend using radio though.
  - sofixa 5y ago
    Yep, or ask your girlfriend for permission to rape, or tell your parents you're sending them a washing machine, or posing for TikTok.

by sofixa 5y ago

octoberfranklin 5y ago

> The Russians don't have reliable communications, so it's not like there's that much choice. Oh come on, VHF radio is stupid reliable. It's a war zone, so nobody's enforcing TX power limits. I don't buy this explanation. They aren't downloading multigigabyte 4k video, they're issuing combat orders. VHF has done a great job with that for decades.

sofixa 5y ago
Have you seen the captured kits? Some soldiers have cheap walkie-talkies (literally commercial off the shelf cheap Chinese brands), but many others have nothing. If i recall correctly, their aircraft are supposed to be fitted with some high tech super encrypted communications system, but it doesn't work, which is why they use phones (with buttons). It's not a matter of "the tech is too complex", it's more of a "the people supposed to implement/acquire/rollout this relatively basic tech pocketed the money instead".
- octoberfranklin 5y ago
  > Some soldiers have cheap walkie-talkies (literally commercial off the shelf cheap Chinese brands) Which need neither fiber optics nor cell towers. Baofengs aren't actually all that bad (they're not all that good either). Claiming that they are so poor they couldn't order a palletload of Baofengs is just so far beyond believable...
  - sofixa 5y ago
    It's not a matter of being poor, but corrupt. The money was allocated, and later stolen.
multjoy 5y ago
They don't have VHF radio.
codedokode 5y ago
You cannot talk to your friends or girlfriend using radio though.
- sofixa 5y ago
  Yep, or ask your girlfriend for permission to rape, or tell your parents you're sending them a washing machine, or posing for TikTok.