"Calling Rangoon! Calling Rangoon! Come in Rangoon!"
Posted on 06/16/2014 1:34:15 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
Iraq’s security forces, propped up by American equipment and weapons, have been routed by a contingent of insurgents bent on extending their territory from strongholds in Syria deep into Iraq. As Mosul and other cities fell, the West saw a host of images of once-American Humvees and helicopters firmly in the hands of its enemies.
Outrage followed shock, as years of effort in Iraq by the U.S. military seemed to unravel in a coup-de-grace that played out over the Internet. Analysts speculated that the newly seized weapons and vehicles could turn fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria into an even stauncher foe.
Yet, among the towed Black Hawk helicopters, Howitzer cannons and Humvees plastered all over social media lies an unseen weapon that could make the ISIS fighters exponentially more lethal if employed properly: advanced radio equipment.
The issue gained attention on Twitter on Wednesday after former Army Spc. Alex Horton posted a picture on Twitter of an ISIS fighter posing with a cache of ammunition and explosives. Atop one of the many olive drab crates was what Marine Capt. Brett Friedman said was a possible charging station for the AN/PRC-153 radio.
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And the GOP sat silently knowing this would happen. Thank God for lesser evil! Purists are evil you know...
You don’t?!?! The reason is obvious.
but when we tell them we are bent over it is not for them to screw us ... NO MORE ... KISS IT GOP-e
Joanna Cameron was a babe...
“If you like our radios, you can Keep our radios.”
“The Iraqi military would and should have changed their encryption keys after the equipment was lost, but new encryption could be emplaced by individuals with specific training and equipment.
If that becomes the case, the communications equipment would allow ISIS fighters to coordinate over greater distances without interference from adjacent enemy units.”
Mohammed’s radio.
Babes do have a place. Cover her in a burka though and what do you have? She will look unknown. Come on ... is what I have to say to mohammad ... Americans are mad, if not then Americans are not paying attention. No covering the ladies mohammad! Bend over mohammad, here America comes! mohammad is a pedifile and a pos! Piss be upon mohammad.
Even if they’re keyed those keys will expire. They’ll only be useful in the plain (no crypto).
Situation tolerable ... Safe Landings.
The drones’ top priority should be the very deadly “towed black hawk helicopters”. Once emplaced in defensive berms their rotors are lethal to all assaults. Literally cuts the attackers to pieces.
No crypto - no radio...
Except for the fact that ISIS lacks the training to use most of the equipment they have looted. I doubt that they could even start an Apache helicopter, much less fly one.
Post 26 is inaccurate?
True. . and that is done in a combat theater every day (if not more often).
While logical, not really. . and this is not the forum to discuss technicalities and protections.
"Calling Rangoon! Calling Rangoon! Come in Rangoon!"
Can't the bad guys re-key them? Hopefully, NSA built in a back door ...
Huh? The bad guys can’t rekey them. Too bad, so sad.
It needs to match the crypto hardware which in itself is encrypted. They just can’t create some key on their own. It’s a design feature.
The radios are just bulky in-the-plain radios. Better to go with the $19 Radio Shack models.
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