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From: baum@apple.com (Allen Baum)
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Subject: DFing, was The death of mobile war
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Date: 16 Aug 89 06:14:46 GMT
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From: baum@apple.com (Allen Baum)

>In article <26710@amdcad.AMD.COM> willey@arrakis.nevada.edu (James P. Willey) writes:
>3.  Like the artillery, the FOO is easy to locate. (location of artillery has
>already been discussed, so I will not go into that here)  Thus, if the FOO
>is to survive, he must move if his position might have been compromised.
>(like using his radio to call for fire support)  During these moves, he will
>be out of contact.

Why is it easy to find the FOO? With the advent of satellite transponders,
and something to compress and squirt a transmission, I would think it would be
very hard to locate a transmitter. I thought it wasn't very easy to begin
with- a lot of hunting and turning antennas, etc.

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