[time-nuts] Loran in the US

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Mar 5 11:45:23 UTC 2012


In message <20120305113804.48FC411B9A8 at karen.lavabit.com>, "Charles P. Steinmet
z" writes:

>Technical merit aside, I doubt there is any chance of getting 
>regulatory approval for such a system, at least in the US, for 
>practical and political reasons.

Indeed, it's absolutely out of the question, as you well know all
our problems these days are there isn't enough God in the constitution
or something.

Thats why some people in the military is looking into a modern
more lightweight version of "Tactical Loran" for use when GPS is jammed.

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