GPS shutdown ?

[Andre Kesteloot]

GPS TO BE SHUT DOWN DURING NATIONAL CRISES 
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- President Bush has ordered plans for temporarily disabling the U.S. 
network of global positioning satellites during a national crisis to 
prevent terrorists from using the navigational technology, AP reported 
on 15 December.

   A White House announcement said any shutdown would be ordered only in 
the most remarkable circumstances. The GPS system is vital to commercial 
aviation and marine shipping.

   Bush also ordered DoD to plan to be able to disable an enemy's access 
to the U.S. navigational satellites and to similar systems operated by 
others. The European Union is developing Galileo, a $4.8 billion 
undertaking.
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