Reply To: Afghan Wars – Modern

[John D Salt]

kyoteblue wrote:

I know this will sound weird but Afghanistan has more Ceder tree’s than Palm tree’s when there are any tree’s at all.

There are also pomegranate trees. Which, it turns out, have nice juicy leaves (which make pretty good electromagnetic lenses) about as long as the wavelength of the UHF personal radios employed by some British forces there. I understand that patrols moving through plantations of these would signal their progress by occasionally going to the foot of a tree and giving it a good shake, as the effective range of their radios was reduced to less than shouting distance.

Isn’t technology wonderful?

All the best,

John.