Remember LORAN? It may be coming back.

[RICHARD BARTH]

There has been talk about reinstalling it almost since it was taken down. It didn't take long

for people to realize just how vulnerable GPS, GLONASS and Magellan really are to state-

sponsored mucking around. Now that the word "hacking" has become part of everyday

conversation, the realization that our technological marvels aren't invulnerable may

make us think about having a Plan B.



On August 7, 2017 at 4:00 PM Richard O'Neill <richardoneill at earthlink.net> wrote:

>      Apparently not anytime soon.
> 
>      "Despite plans to implement eLoran dating back to the Bush administration in 2004 https://rntfnd.org/wp-content/uploads/NSPD-39-Fact-Sheet.pdf , it has been stymied by a mixture of cost (an expensive network of transmitters that serve only shipping) and political inertia."
> 
>      In the meantime we could employ old world methods such as watchers in 'Crow's Nests' and sextants. :-P
> 
>     Anon
> 


 

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