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Old 05-07-2014, 12:24 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The whole point of it is to minimise radio emissions, for use on submarines. Sticking a radio transmitter (ie WiFi) on the thing would rather defeat the purpose.
Right, this is for fairly specific uses where they may not want a sailor using their own personal device(s).




The Navy also has an OverDrive library for sailors (& families) to use with personal devices...
http://navy.lib.overdrive.com/9691E9...en/Default.htm

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