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26 March 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at11:15 pm

The European union has given the go-ahead for a Europe-run clone of the GPS system. As I said earlier I don’t think this is a good use of tax-payer’s money.

Filed under:Uncategorized at5:45 pm

You may remember back in December three special forces soldiers were killed and 20 injured by friendly fire – now we know why. The guided bomb was called in by an air force controller who used a lightweight battery powered GPS unit. The battery died on his GPS and when he replaced it, the unit reset and defaulted to its own coordinates, which the controller duly sent to the bomb!

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