I have it on good authority that the Russian military manual is being re-written to ensure that logistics officers prioritise the procurement of cell phones for the Russian army:
MOSCOW. Oct 20 (Interfax-AVN) - Half of the Russian peacekeeping commanders’ communication in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict were made the use of cell phone services, provided by a Georgian operator, said Vladimir Shamanov, the head of the armed forces’ combat training and service department.
“Nearly half of our commanders’ talks were conducted via mobile phones and all of them were connected to a Georgian cell operator,” Shamanov said in an interview with the Profil magazine, published on Monday.
(Sorry - no link for this, I got it via email - JRL 2008 #192)
The Georgian military manual is also being revised - with instructions on how to shut down their mobile phone network in case of future invasion.
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Alec L 10.25.08 at 12:02 pm
This reminds me that back when folks were debating who started the war, Georgia offered up intercepted cell phone calls “made by Ossetian border guards on a private Georgian cellphone network.” (http://eagleandthebear.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/was-russia-in-the-right/).
That face-losing moment for Russia must have contributed to this latest move.
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