Ken, It would take a minimum of at least 3 nukes to wipe out the satellites, if they were not EMP hardened, which they are...
Eric Thompson S/V Procrastinator South San Francisco [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Towing the Dinghy > > > Bob Johnson wrote: >> I carry 3 gps units on board as well as a s**t >> load of batteries. If the >> satellites go out for long then I'd guess >> making landfall won't much matter. >> > Not so! Many things could cause them to fail or > be encrypted. For > example, someone sets a nuke off up there, all > 'birds' die. > > And it could be that a war in the locale area > makes those satellites be > encrypted. -Ken > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
