Shutting down GPS would create a lot of chaos. Do airplanes not come
with tunable RDF any more? VOR?
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:41:17 -0500, "Mark S. Holden"
wrote:
David wrote:
The enemy uses box cutters, not missiles.
They also use airplanes, and as I recall, news reports indicated the terrorists of 9/11 used GPS to home in on their targets.
Turning off the GPS system if a plane gets hijacked may buy enough time for a military intercept. Seems like a good idea to me.
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