[geeks] GPS clocks

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

I understand they just shut it off.  Reason 
unknown...which means they have something better now :-> 
Have to ask the JROTC teachers tomorrow.
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:26:02PM -0400, dave at cca.org wrote:
> 
> > GPS is supposed to stop being usefull when "the shit hits the
> > fan", right? Can they stop people from getting the mil channel
> > anymore, or is that distinction completely history?
> 
> Well, during the Gulf War, they supposedly ran low on the decryption
> chips or something, so they stopped using the encryption on the mil
> channels.  Everyone's GPS suddenly got more accurate.
> 
> This, of course, is based on rumor.  I have no personal knowledge.
> 
> Reagen
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