Posted on 05/22/2023 8:59:53 AM PDT by JonPreston
The phones were offered to all senators and at least half of the chamber accepted, according to CBS News, which cited people familiar with the program.
Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson told appropriators last month the phones would allow senators to maintain communications in case a man-made or natural disaster takes out standard communications in their corner of the country.
The report said the phone program is part of a broader effort to help lawmakers secure their homes and coordinate with local police departments after a series of concerning events.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Guess the concept of “satellite denial” hasn’t been explained to them. Might as well give ‘em some tin cans and string.
THAT is fundamentally false - sat phones for coordinating with local police.
FirstNet is in place for that purpose already. It works great, and there’s even a satellite-capable deployable version called the Mini-CRD. Two pelican cases and ya got yourself a FirstNet cell network, on-demand. Connects vis Starlink.
So why do Senators SUDDENLY need Sat Phones? Why not 3 years ago during plandemic. Something Stinks.
That is probably your answer for why this is being done. Plotting something, but they don't want anyone listening in.
what is the range on that?
20 ft, meters, furlongs or miles?
Educated guess......if not all DEMS then add some RINOS....same damn thing.
WWIII...Nucular combat toe to toe with the Ruskies.
It would quite efficient for certain agencies to spy on conversations if those conversations didn’t take place over a multitude of cellular devices.
It could be quite efficient.
They all want their Ukraine and Romania money
With the various models I have accumulated, not much of an issue reaching repeaters up to 15 miles away. YMMV
Reichstag fire anyone?
Sat phones will still work after terrestrial comms are made inoperable by the bad guys (in order to control ‘misinformation’).
Something along those lines?
If we ask nicely, the ChiComs might tell us what they’re saying.
Let me guess...no phones were available for republican senators
Can satphones be traced? Their messages recorded?
I don’t ‘trust’ the string between two tin cans!!
"The telescreen recieved and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized. |
How many old CBs and ‘kickers’ are collecting dust in garages across the land?
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