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AFP via Getty Imagesfor soldiers in a combat zone to use a phone able to take video, record audio or use satellite navigation. Under the new law, any soldier caught using a smartphone would be guilty of a gross disciplinary offence, punishable with up to 10 days of detention.– presumably by soldiers using smartphones – because while everyone realizes that they can be dangerous, the devices have become essential for Russia n forces.
Contact with family, as well as being able to decompress by watching videos of kittens, is psychologically valuable. Bizarrely enough, the smartphonedespite all efforts to keep them out, and it is unlikely that a ban on military use would be any more successful. Mainly from the blogger it seems the Russians use smartphones because of the lack of other radio communications, even to adjust artillery fire and co-ordinate with neighboring units. Without smartphones, normal operations would be impossible.
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