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April 15th 05, 04:28 PM
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Suppose you are navigating solely by GPS. What are you going to do in the event the military chooses to disable the GPS system while you're airborne Can't be done. There is no on/off switch. 
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April 15th 05, 05:05 PM
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"Newps" wrote in message ... Suppose you are navigating solely by GPS. What are you going to do in the event the military chooses to disable the GPS system while you're airborne Can't be done. There is no on/off switch. While I am quite sure there is a a way they could turn it off if they decided to they certainly could make it incorrect without the proper decryption hard/software that the GPS in your plane will think it is flying over JFK when you are in LAX.
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April 15th 05, 05:15 PM
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"Newps" wrote in message ... Suppose you are navigating solely by GPS. What are you going to do in the event the military chooses to disable the GPS system while you're airborne Can't be done. There is no on/off switch. Meb'be one of them terrorists with a 50cal rifle will shoot them all down!!!
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#4
April 15th 05, 06:34 PM
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Matt Barrow wrote: "Newps" wrote in message ... Suppose you are navigating solely by GPS. What are you going to do in the event the military chooses to disable the GPS system while you're airborne Can't be done. There is no on/off switch. Meb'be one of them terrorists with a 50cal rifle will shoot them all down!!! I have a 50 cal handgun but I'm not so good at moving targets.
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#5
April 15th 05, 07:54 PM
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"Newps" wrote, "I have a 50 cal handgun but I'm not so good at moving
targets." Have you actually dared to fire it? Hurts my hand just to look at one! Jon
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April 15th 05, 09:06 PM
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Jon Woellhaf wrote: "Newps" wrote, "I have a 50 cal handgun but I'm not so good at moving targets." Have you actually dared to fire it? Hurts my hand just to look at one! It's pretty exciting when you light it off.
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#7
April 15th 05, 06:07 PM
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:28:30 -0600, Newps wrote
in :: Suppose you are navigating solely by GPS. What are you going to do in the event the military chooses to disable the GPS system while you're airborne Can't be done. There is no on/off switch. True. But the military does have the ability to jam GPS to thwart incoming missiles. The effect for the pilot would be similar...
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#8
April 15th 05, 06:36 PM
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Larry Dighera wrote: On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:28:30 -0600, Newps wrote in :: Suppose you are navigating solely by GPS. What are you going to do in the event the military chooses to disable the GPS system while you're airborne Can't be done. There is no on/off switch. True. But the military does have the ability to jam GPS to thwart incoming missiles. The effect for the pilot would be similar... Not on an instantaneous basis. Some general somewhere doesn't detect an incoming missile and then flip a switch to make GPS unreliable. It takes days.
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#9
April 15th 05, 09:48 PM
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"Newps" wrote in message ... Larry Dighera wrote: On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:28:30 -0600, Newps wrote in :: Suppose you are navigating solely by GPS. What are you going to do in the event the military chooses to disable the GPS system while you're airborne Can't be done. There is no on/off switch. True. But the military does have the ability to jam GPS to thwart incoming missiles. The effect for the pilot would be similar... Not on an instantaneous basis. Some general somewhere doesn't detect an incoming missile and then flip a switch to make GPS unreliable. It takes days. I'll bet somebody at SpaceCom could turn that thing of within minutes should they be ordered to.
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#10
April 16th 05, 06:31 AM
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:36:30 -0600, Newps wrote
in :: Larry Dighera wrote: On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:28:30 -0600, Newps wrote in :: Suppose you are navigating solely by GPS. What are you going to do in the event the military chooses to disable the GPS system while you're airborne Can't be done. There is no on/off switch. True. But the military does have the ability to jam GPS to thwart incoming missiles. The effect for the pilot would be similar... Not on an instantaneous basis. Some general somewhere doesn't detect an incoming missile and then flip a switch to make GPS unreliable. It takes days. Truly? What is the source of that bit of information?
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