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Re: GPS Availability

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From: David Lesher
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 18:13
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# Nope.  Selective Availability (the deliberate pseudorandom "fuzz" introduced
# by the DoD) is very much back in force.  Pity.


I've never really understood this. What possible difference does
several hundred meters error make to either:
	a) an incoming 3 gigaton warhead

	b) or even an [also incoming] t-52 tank

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here......

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From: wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher)
Subject: Re: GPS Availability
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