Yes.. There are things you get away with in the heat of battle you cant in peace or low intensity ops.
Radios - wide spectrum so they can’t be easily jammed or hijacked, encrypted for same and to stop int/picture being eavesdropped, Low Probability of Detection so the drivers don’t get killed in a couple of minutes.
Low probability of failure - if you’re carrying explosives you don’t want them dropping on your, or civilians heads.
EMF, again, if carryeng explosives, you don’t want them going band from an induced current when swept by a radar or other source.
Add another couple of hundred requirements and, no, you’re not buying off the shelf from China…
Last edited by ORAC; 23rd Jan 2024 at 14:02.