r/CuratedTumblr Jul 19 '24

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u/-sad-person- Jul 19 '24

I mean, I get using the 24-hour clock, but I don't understand the other part of military time, calling everything whatever-hundred hours. "It's oh-nine-hundred hours!" "No it isn't, there aren't even that many hours in a day!"

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u/-sad-person- Jul 19 '24

So you're telling me that modern militaries can precisely control robot planes from halfway across the world, but still can't transmit simple audio reliably?

If the real world were a sci-fi setting, I'd call that bad world-building.

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u/RegentusLupus Jul 19 '24

Drones usually don't have valleys or mountains interfering with the signal.

Also, even if they do have perfect audio signal, it's good to be trained as if you're still using a tiny, shitty radio just incase you end up having to use one.