Re: Terrorists win if GPS gets shut down!

From: Chuck Taylor (chuck.taylor_at_spamtrap)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:53:33 -0600

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:14:04 +0100, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Chuck Taylor writes:
>
>> Denying GPS to the enemy has *always* been of crucial importance to
>> the U.S. in order to protect civilians and warfighters.
>
>The problem is that civilians now depend on GPS more than either
>terrorists or warfighters, so shutting it down hurts civilians more than
>anyone else.

Outside this newsgroup and its alt. cousin, no one's talking about
shutting down GPS. 

-- 
Chuck Taylor
http://home.hiwaay.net/~taylorc/contact/

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