On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 21:26:07 -0300, "Ken Heaton"
wrote:

Comment below:

"rhys" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:15:29 -0300, "Ken Heaton"
wrote:

I just heard this on local radio so I googled it. This is what I found:

Posted 6/11/2004 5:02 PM

Military testing system designed to jam GPS signals off coast

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - Military officials are testing a system for
jamming
signals from navigational satellites - an experiment that could disable
boaters' GPS devices and force them to rely on dead reckoning.

And this is bad how?

Did I say anything about bad? ;-)

No, refreshingly, you didn't. G

Now, if I can only befriend a very, very old sailor with a decent
Plath sextant in working order...G

R.