[time-nuts] GPS Usage

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20110310065452.GE6012 at pig.dieconsulting.com>, "David I. Emery" writ
es:

>> The reason LORAN-C got killed was that DoD/DHS couldn't jam it if a
>> terrorist with a suitcase-nuke was trying to find his way to Congress.
>
>	Is this tongue in cheek, or do you have any actual basis
>for stating that DHS was afraid Loran C WASN'T jammable ?

I have this information from several independent sources.

>	I wonder what the threat analysis behind this one was... making
>an increasingly vital service more fragile because of what some have
>called "movie thriller" plots ?

We are talking about DHS, the same people who want to see your junk
in airports, what makes you think there is an analysis and not just
security-theater involved ?

Poul-Henning

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