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I own walkie talkies. So does any large retail store in the US, they're given to staff to communicate. Every film set with more than 10 crew members uses them. I could go on. I'm amazed people come to a web community about technology to broadcast such ignorance.

Did you buy your walkie talkie in a batch shipment with Hezbollah?

No, and HN is not the place for such dumb snark. Maybe you'd be happier on Titter or Reddit.

Just because you don't know of legitimate uses of a walkie doesn't mean they don't exist. A walkie can work independent of a cell phone network, which makes it uniquely useful for numerous applications. Not everyone can afford a cell phone bill.

For instance, emergencies at the countryside/wilderness. Or Firefighters.

And their pagers exploded?

In the 3rd world, any hospital.