Re: GPS Availability

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From: Willie Smith
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 17:04

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In article <7480111@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
>> I've never really understood this. What possible difference does
>> several hundred meters error make to either:

>greatest example.  Best one I could think of right now.)  The military isn't

In some random SF book I read a few years back, some terrorists filled
a Learjet with explosives, hooked the autopilot to a GPS, and flew it
into the (???) embassy in Ottowa.  Yeah, I know, today they would use
the differential signal from a nearby airport...

Willie Smith
wpns@pictel.com

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!gateway!miki!wpns
From: wpns@miki.pictel.com (Willie Smith)
Subject: Re: GPS Availability
Message-ID: <1992Aug27.170424.788@miki.pictel.com>
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 17:04:24 GMT
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