Re: Galileo - what for?

Marc Brett wrote:

Why does Europe want Galileo?

The US GPS is a military system and can be shut off at any time they want. The civil code is unsuitable for precise navigation asked in civil aircrafts (and many others). Europe will become independant from a US military system. To me, that's reason enough and I do not regret that a certain amount of the tax I'm paying is spent for this pupose.

Manfred
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    ... The civil code is unsuitable for precise navigation asked in civil aircrafts. ... My understanding is that the US military GPS signals are completely separate from the civilian signals so calling the civilian signals a "military system" seems fundamentally flawed to me. ...
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  • Re: Galileo - what for?
    ... The US GPS is a military system and can be shut off at any time they want. ... The civil code is unsuitable for precise navigation asked in civil aircrafts. ...
    (sci.geo.satellite-nav)
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