GPS shutdown in case of terrorism

December 16th 04, 02:41 PM

Mark S. Holden

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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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