What is more, prior to the Gulf War, the RRF ships had no crews on board leading to a long activation time in an emergency.

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One of the complications with the MicroCell is that in order to avoid interference with local cell towers, it adjusts how strong the signal that it generates in your house is based on how weak your actual cell signal is at the time of initial activation.

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"I issued the activation order for Operation Joint Endeavour...at 0253 local time, " he told reporters Saturday.

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