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Old 1st Mar 2009, 09:00
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b377
 
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hmmm..

it is all in the acronym.

IRS = Inertial Reference system
INS= Inertial Navigation system

IRS is part of the INS - simple

whether spinning wheel gyros or ring lasers are used.
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