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If a radio is not capable of communication the moment it is turned on, it is useless.

All of the proposed systems have boot times ranging from 45 seconds to 15 minutes. All of them have higher power consumption demands than standard radios meaning larger batteries or shorter battery life.

Pure and simple, those weaknesses are unacceptable for use in a combat environment.

This stuff is nice as augmented capabilities in a vehicle or a man portable size, but they cannot be the routine day to day radio for the military.