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rangerrebew

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Marines and sailors practice fighting at sea using an 80-year-old communication tactic
By: Shawn Snow   
 

Despite ballyhoo about the need for military cyber, electronic warfare and more tech-adept forces for future war, the Navy and Marines are testing war tactics more common nearly 100 years ago.

No longer can Marines and sailors take for granted uninterrupted electronic communications at sea or on the battlefield.

Tech-capable forces from Russia to China are packing capabilities that can jam U.S. systems or hone in on radio communications to find U.S. forces and ships at sea.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/08/14/marines-and-sailors-practice-fighting-at-sea-using-80-year-old-wwii-beanbag-tactic/
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Keep exploring. Blinker messages, semaphore, signal flags, all can be used with a little preplanning, even flares and smoke.

While laser communications would be trickier at sea, there may be possibilities along those lines as well, and the capacity for transferring more data as well.
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