"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Thu, 7 May 2009 12:40:09 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I don't think they are thinking it though. Virtually every commercial
fisherman in my area and a large percentage of charter boat captains still
use and prefer LORAN to GPS.


Of course they haven't thought it through. The cost savings for a back
up navigation system is so minor in comparison to what "The One" is
proposing it's ridiculous.

17 billion dollars off a whopping 3.4 trillion dollar budget proposal.



Where did you come up with 17 billion?

Here's the "cost savings" to be had by shutting down LORAN:

"On 26 Feb 2009 the The U.S. Office of Management and Budget released the
first blueprint for the Financial Year 2010 budget.[7] This document
identifies the Loran-C system as "outdated" and supports its termination at
an estimated savings of $36 million in 2010 and $190 million over five
years."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LORAN

Chump change.

Eisboch