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Default Senate directs USCG to continue Loran support

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:59:52 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
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When will they let this system die a natural death?

http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Lat...tegoryId=33831


Never hopefully.

The the GPS satellites fall out of the sky or stop working for what
ever reason, we'll still have LORAN.

Or eLORAN. :)

And what the heck - stimulous, sometimes known as porkulous, money is
available - spend some of it on something useful.