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Subject: Re: How likely is a GPS shutdown?
From: Luis Soltero (lsoltero@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 18:26:41 EST
I was under the impression that the GPS satellite network still
belongs and is managed by the military.
So, let me ask the obvious. What
happens when the US gets involved in a skirmish or a war
and decides that it would be in our best interest to disable
the civilian GPS system depriving the enemy of the use
of those wonderfully accurate $150 hand held positioning
devices.
I suspect that the military has its own encrypted version
of GPS although this is simply a guess on my part.
Once the FAA adopts GPS as its primary
navigational system disabling civilian GPS will be
much more difficult.
Given the above scenario I would expect the likely
hood of a GPS shutdown to be exactly equal the
likely hood of a skirmish and/or war. i.e. fairly high.
--luis
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