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From: cl@ (Cameron Laird)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Global Positioning of Scud launchers
Keywords: Global Positioning, Navstar, Scud
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Date: 8 Feb 91 01:42:06 GMT
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From: cl@ (Cameron Laird)
I've come across a claim that:
1.  Iraq bought some number of US Global Positioning
    System units within the last decade;
2.  everyone, including, in particular, hostiles, has
    access to communications from Navstar satellites;
3.  automated positioning information of the sort GPS
    provides helps missile launching crews speed their
    set-up.
The summary conclusion would be then that the USA sold
equipment which has made interdiction of Scud launches
more difficult.  My question isn't a loaded one; I
have no policy recommendation to recommend.  I'm just
curious about whether the mild irony 1.-3. is factual.
Is it true?
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