Jeff wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:

On 5 Mar 2006 14:20:24 -0800, "purple_stars"
wrote:


waynes i'm guessing that you mean that the navy doesn't teach RDF, not
that they don't teach celestial. only reason i say that is because it
seems like the military would need backups like celestial because i
understood that the EMP from a nuclear weapons blast could take out
electronics such as GPS systems. is that wrong ?



Yes, it's wrong. They no longer teach celestial.



You keep saying that. However, celestial navigation is shown as part of
the navigation course at the Naval Academy, which is required for many
majors.

The report from a few years ago which created your myth was that
celestial was no longer required for *all* majors.
I am in the Navy. We only teach celestial nav to navigators. In the
past all officers had to learn it and do it. Now you have to learn it
yourself to pass the command exams. It is not taught to everyone.
Almost no-one uses it.