Re: National Space Policy: NSDD-42 (issued on July 4th, 1982)

From: LaDonna Wyss (hpywife927_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: 26 Jun 2004 07:29:24 -0700

tdadamemd-spamblock-@excite.com (Stuf4) wrote in message news:<d3af8584.0406252257.74df512e@posting.google.com>...
> From Ami Silberman:
> > "Stuf4" <tdadamemd-spamblock-@excite.com> wrote
> > > An illustration as to why, consider the case of satcom. The triad had
> > > the capability to destroy the USSR several times over prior to satcom
> > > (and after satcom). Yet satcom still offered new offensive strike
> > > capability in the command and control aspects.
> > >
> > > GPS offered new offensive strike capability in the navigational
> > > aspects.
> >
> > I would say "enhanced existing strike capability". With the exception of the
> > Stealth aircraft, there isn't anything the USAF can do now it couldn't do in
> > 1973, except now they do it much better.
>
> I recently posted one example of a new capability provided by GPS:
> ------
> GPS was designed from the outset to create new capability for
> offensive strategic forces. Consider, for example, the planning of
> the route taken by a B-52. The Strategic Air Command had a
> requirement for how often navigational fixes needed to be available
> for updates of the nav system to prevent the INS position from
> wandering off.
>
> One consequence was that missions planned over the open ocean had to
> periodically be within radar fix distance of identifiable land points.
> GPS eliminates that constraint, creating new capability for mission
> planning.
> ------
>
> There are other examples which are more significant, such as GPS-aided
> inflight INS alignment.
>
>
> ~ CT

Hmmmm, who was it who was saying CT doesn't know what he's talking about? :-)
LaDonna

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