At the start of this topsy-turvy F1 season, Fisichella was widely perceived to be wanly winding down his career at Force India, who were not expected to renew his contract for 2010.

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With wars winding down, the argument that the radios will save lives has less force, and the military will need to spend a lot of money up front before it can reap the savings from discarding dozens of legacy radio types.

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