[meteorite-list] OT help, GPS, DOD

Hi List, someone asked me this question, and since the list has so many people, who between them knows just about everything, I thought I would ask you! During desert storm, the DOD often shutdown the GPS satellites at various times, because Iraq was using them also. The question is: Since we

Re: [meteorite-list] OT help, GPS, DOD

- Original Message - From: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: met list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 2:01 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT help, GPS, DOD Hi List, someone asked me this question, and since the list has so many people, who between them knows

Re: [meteorite-list] OT help, GPS, DOD

Hi, Tom, Chris did a great job of answering your GPS question, but I want to add to your statement that Iraq was using them also. You are probably referring to a memory of news stories from the spring of 2003 about the Iraq (Saddam) government buying lots of expensive Russian-made GPS