Will the US turn off/degrade GPS System??
Joined: Jan 2001
Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
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From: EU
it's a while back...
...but if I remember correctly, the gps signal is put together out of a p code and a c/a code, where we, as civilian users can only utilise the c/a code. Military users (i.e. smart bombs etc.) lock onto the p-code giving them a higher level of accuracy. Selective Availability was used to further degrade the c/a code, but was switched off (as mentioned before..).
please correct me if I'm wrong!
please correct me if I'm wrong!
ex-Tanker
Joined: Apr 2000
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From: Luton Beds UK
hptaccv,
Not sure what part it was that the Iraqis were jamming - but they were using Russian jammers and the USA didn't like it and bombed them out of existence, according to reports last week.
Not sure what part it was that the Iraqis were jamming - but they were using Russian jammers and the USA didn't like it and bombed them out of existence, according to reports last week.
