I thought GPS was an outgrowth of the LORAN system with more precision for the submarine launched Polaris missles. Smaller warheads necessitate more accuracy. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Graydon<[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:50:20PM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: >> GPS was designed for automated delivery systems to put their packages >> within a 10 foot radius. The delivery systems go by various names but >> mostly tomahawk, and the packages mostly go boom. Your use of the >> system was an afterthought. > > It was also intended as an ocean navigation replacement for LORAN and > other, similar systems; one of the precision drivers was wanting the > ship to stay in the channel. (Very embarrassing when your navigational > fix is off by 50 m and you put a carrier on a mud bank.) > > -- Graydon > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
