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"Scott M. Kozel" wrote:

(Stuf4) wrote:

* Newsflash *

Do you think that the multi-billion dollar GPS system was launched so
that Cadillac could have OnStar?

Those remarks were alluding to the comments made earlier in this
thread:
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Along with such missiles, it is also curious to note that at the time
NSDD-42 was drafted, the Navstar/GPS program was well on its way with
seven Block 1 satellites already in orbit.

GPS was designed and funded as a system that would get nuclear
warheads to their targets more accurately.

You got a source for that statement?

GPS provides for passive navigational purposes primarily for civil uses,
and is not a "weapon".

It does *now* but it *was* designed, funded and deployed for military
use first. Until Clinton required the AF to turn it off, GPS used to
have a "feature" that intentionally degraded accuracy by a factor of
about 10 to 20, IIRC. That "feature" was turned off in about 1998 or
1999, I think. It shouldn't be too hard to look it up if you want full
details.

As it is, even the "clean" civilian-use signals provide less accuracy
that the still-encrypted military signals.

--
Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.
Reformed Aerospace Engineer
Columbia Loss FAQ:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html