From: Dave Horsfall <dave@esi.COM.AU>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 16:01:22 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Storm Signals
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On Wed, 11 Jan 1995, Paul Robichaux wrote:

> If I were the DOD, I would set the standard GPS default to selective
> availability. After all, with SA on military receivers can still get
> fine positioning data. If someone could come up with a good reason to
> turn SA off, great, but I wouldn't leave it on otherwise.

This gets discussed to death over on the sci.geo.satellite-nav group.
The consensus is that you don't want to advertise your intentions, but
political considerations have always overridden practicalities.

> The scenarios concerning GPS-piloted Cessnas full of nasty stuff come
> to mind, especially vis-a-vis the North Koreans. They probably don't
> have accurate IRBMs but they certainly could cobble together a
> Learjet-based delivery system.

This too gets discussed to death over on the sci.geo.satellite-nav group.
The consensus is that a car-bomb is cheaper and more reliable, and needs
nothing more than a street-directory for navigation.

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