Re: [sg] platoon stuff and combat engineers

On 25-Jun-02 at 21:04, John Atkinson (johnmatkinson@yahoo.com) wrote:
> 
> --- Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net> wrote:

> > The problem is most governments don't want their
> > civilians
> > to have truly secure communications.
> 
> No, they don't.
> 
> Why would they?  Why do you need secure tactical
> radios?  Who are you going to war with?

The Japanese, the French, and anyone else that wants
business secrets.  Industrial espionage is a major
industry.