Re: Experts: GPS system 'close to breakdown'

[Mike Preston <mike () technomonk com>]

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Perhaps its my paranoia, but why do I get the feeling this is just a
cover for a large rollout of gps jamming equipment?

Mike Preston

Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:
> Funsec people probably have thoughts about this GPS story:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/19/gps-close-to-breakdown
>
> "US government officials are concerned that the quality of the Global Positioning System (GPS) could begin to 
> deteriorate as early as next year,
> resulting in regular blackouts and failures – or even dishing out inaccurate directions to millions of people 
> worldwide.
>
> The warning centres on the network of GPS satellites that constantly orbit the planet and beam signals
> back to the ground that help pinpoint your position on the Earth's surface.
>
> The satellites are overseen by the US Air Force, which has maintained the GPS network since the early 1990s.
> According to a study by the US government accountability office (GAO), mismanagement and a lack of investment
> means that some of the crucial GPS satellites could begin to fail as early as next year."
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>
> Juha-Matti
>
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