Re: GPS

>>>  A very interesting article about the EU system and the issues the
>>>  Pentagon has with it.
>>
>>Or inversely, the problem the EU has with Pentagon policy....
>
>Well, in to paraphrase John Ringo, "there's always the whining European

>faction". Still, the latter is a given when the former is ever related
to 
>something involving foreign policy.

Problem is that in this case, the EU version of GPS is going to be a
much 
needed product. Let's face it, the GPS satellites will fail at some
time, 
and having a second system up there will provide a much needed safety
net 
when that does happen.

I am staggered that the US has got so blase about international
standards 
that it appears that the Military ride roughshod over standards of 
bandwidth, and that their signals will 'slop over' (wired's own term)
into 
the frequencies given by the International Radio Frequency panel.

John S.


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