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A remote controlled tank doesn't have radar coverage, which sure, balancing reasons. It is annoying that a tank can get "softlocked" outside of radar coverage, as some other forum users have stated (122203). The strangest inconsistency, however is about building in fog of war. Upon trying to build a radar next to a power pole at an outpost, the game presents you with a message "cannot build in fog of war". It is, however, possible to place a ghost radar at a place with coverage, CTRL+X it into a blueprint, and paste it as a blueprint instead, resulting in a successful build. With the existence of blueprints, the fog of war building restriction just seems odd, and only serves as an inconvenience, unless I'm missing something? I believe I've experienced building ghost train tracks also be somewhat jank too.