Currently, the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are used to communicate with two manufacturers of Hytera and Motorola. You can work with these devices using two types of encryption: 40 bits and 256 bits. The first type, according to the expert, Russians can easily break in 15 minutes and listen, but the second is more reliable, so with it the military may not be afraid of leakage of information.
The problem is that for the use of encryption of 256 bits you need to obtain a special license from the manufacturer. Ukrainians have received such permission for Motorola models, which the Ministry of Defense is purchasing, but not for Hytera - they are transferred to volunteers. "Since the license is tied to a serial number, our command gathered in all troops serial radio station numbers to buy centrally licenses for all available Hytera in the Armed Forces. More than half a year.
Nobody bought anything. " Facebook page Sergey Beskrestnov. According to him, the Armed Forces now have thousands of Hytera's races from volunteers who can only work with 40-bit encryption. The military not only uses the unreliable communication channel, but also translate the radios of Motorola, which makes the whole system vulnerable to the evil Russian troops. "For many commanders, the availability of communication in personnel is more important than its safety.
They do not understand the threats and risks, so that in the unit together, both Hytera and Motorola work in one network, they choose the key of 40 bits , and the enemy listens to these units. In general, it is just a huge hole in communication throughout the country, "Beskrestnov said. Sergei Flash urged the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to purchase AES256 licenses on the Hytera for the Armed Forces or at least remove them from the fronts and transfer them to the rear.
However, it will be problematic, because the agency did not buy such radios. Another option is to replace all the Hytera on the Motorola device, where 256-bit encryption is available. Recall that in December 2022 the British military purchased the largest batch of radio stations to improve the connection between units. The decision was made on the basis of Ukrainian experience in the war, which showed the importance of having a connection between the military.
This is due to the fact that the supply of radio stations L3harris technologies for the Armed Forces showed a high result. Fighters can stay in touch despite Russian attempts to suppress him. In addition, in April 2022, the media wrote that the Russian military was using simple radios and became targets for the Armed Forces. Among a number of failures of Russian forces that have fallen into Ukraine, military analysts also identify the problem of radio communications.
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