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Old December 3rd 05, 09:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Default GPS and old-fashioned thinking?

In article ,
Roy Smith wrote:

wrote:
The bean counters want to do away with primary radars, too. But, so
far, the security-minded have stopped that planning.


What does it mean to "do away with primary radar"?


Most of the cost is related to maintaining the system. Once they
stop maintaining the long range primary radars, they might as well
just shut them off.

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