Xref: utzoo rec.ham-radio:31028 sci.electronics:17920 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!autodesk!melange!abeals From: abeals@autodesk.com (Segments Are For Worms) Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.electronics Subject: Re: GPS accuracy in wake of Desert Storm? Message-ID: Date: 31 Jan 91 18:30:20 GMT References: <1154.27A2ECFD@w8grt.fidonet.org> <1991Jan29.044137.20914@zoo.toronto.edu> <1321@catnip.berkeley.ca.us> <1991Jan30.232701.25602@amd.com> Sender: news@Autodesk.COM Followup-To: rec.ham-radio Lines: 27 phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >In article <1321@catnip.berkeley.ca.us> bandy@catnip.berkeley.ca.us (Gun Control is Hitting Your Target) writes: >|So, Henry, how do you know that Saddam already knows this? >Let's see, if Saddam doesn't have a GPS, it doesn't matter to him >how accurate the GPS he doesn't have is. If he does have a GPS, >it's not going to be hard to find out how accurate it is, assuming >he knows the coordinates of at least one location he has access to. Well, Phil, let's see. Let's say that Saddam didn't have GPS... Then he [or one of his agents] reads Henry Spencer's article... Suddenly, someone buys a bunch of GPS units... And then ships them off to Iraq... So, Phil, now do you understand? -- Andrew Scott Beals abeals@autodesk.com Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com