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> 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 no
by octoberfranklin 4y 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 4y agoHave 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 4y 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 4y agoIt's not a matter of being poor, but corrupt. The money was allocated, and later stolen.
- multjoy 4y agoThey don't have VHF radio.
- codedokode 4y agoYou cannot talk to your friends or girlfriend using radio though.
- sofixa 4y agoYep, or ask your girlfriend for permission to rape, or tell your parents you're sending them a washing machine, or posing for TikTok.