Originally Posted by
Blacksheep
When it comes to security we need our own military system that is not reliant upon a political-economic entity that includes former Warsaw Pact nations that are only in it for the money.
We do? Why? GPS has been operational since 1990, any particular hurry?
Also a fully independent navigation system will require about 24 satellites. How many operational frontline aircraft are there again? Just to compare one thing against the other...