• 'European GPS' set for lift-off
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[quote]But the systems will be interoperable, meaning the biggest, most obvious benefit to users will simply be the fact that they can see more satellites in the sky.[/quote] So why have the Americans been whining for ages about it or is it just them being butthurt because someone's putting their own toys in space.
[QUOTE=markg06;32871414]So why have the Americans been whining for ages about it or is it just them being butthurt because someone's putting their own toys in space.[/QUOTE] I haven't heard any American civilians bitching about it, but I could understand the army. After this, they lose control of the best strategic weapon they have, the ability to pinpoint a location down to a couple of centimeters. In a case of a large war, the GPS system gets shut down for civilians and the signal gets encrypted, so only the U.S. army can use it. As far as I know, the Galileo network pretty much screws over that plan because there will still be GPS even after the yanks shut down their network.
[QUOTE=nikomo;32873454]I haven't heard any American civilians bitching about it, but I could understand the army. After this, they lose control of the best strategic weapon they have, the ability to pinpoint a location down to a couple of centimeters. In a case of a large war, the GPS system gets shut down for civilians and the signal gets encrypted, so only the U.S. army can use it. As far as I know, the Galileo network pretty much screws over that plan because there will still be GPS even after the yanks shut down their network.[/QUOTE] Pretty much except I think they came to some agreement The US threatened to shoot down Galileo if a war broke out and the enemy was using it
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