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

From: Ian Stirling (root_at_mauve.demon.co.uk)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: 27 Jun 2004 22:31:39 GMT

In sci.space.shuttle Scott M. Kozel <kozelsm@attbi.com> wrote:
> Sander Vesik <sander@haldjas.folklore.ee> wrote:
>>
>> cott M. Kozel <kozelsm@attbi.com> wrote:
>> > tdadamemd-spamblock-@excite.com (Stuf4) wrote:
>> > > From Scott Kozel:
>> > > > tdadamemd-spamblock-@excite.com (Stuf4) wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Imagine during the biggest, most recent raid on Baghdad...
>> > > > >
>> > > > > All of a sudden turning off GPS the constellation.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > This would have had an effect reminiscent to that scene in a new Star
>> > > > > Wars episode where in the heat of battle, all of the robot warriors
>> > > > > instantly become useless.
>> > > >
>> > > > Give it up, troll. The 1991 Gulf War utilized smart bombs without GPS,
>> > > > so your assertions are false, as usual.
>> > >
>> > > (By "biggest, most recent raid on Baghdad", I wasn't exactly thinking 1991.)
>> >
>> > No difference. The 2003 Gulf War could have utilized smart bombs
>> > without GPS, as well.
>>
>> Really? want to poiint out any type of smart bomb that doesn't use satellite
>> technology that they could have used?
>
> The laser-guided smart bombs which were utilized in abundance.

The JDAM guidance kits can also fall back to using onboard INS with only
a modest degradation of the CEP.
Of course, this relies on the planes INS, which is lots better than the
JDAM kit, but I have no idea how good most warplanes INS is.

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