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European Space Agency Developing GPS Rival

Posted by chrisd on from the gps-makes-sdi-missles-happy dept.

nbrimhall writes "The International Herald Tribune has a story here about the European Space Agency's plans to create a alternative to the U.S. controlled GPS. It includes some interesting information regarding the cost and possible contributors (including Canada and Russia)."

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  1. Re:One thing I'd like to see by Jumperalex · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please don't take this wrong but ... um ...

    HAHAHAHA trust me inertial guidence / positioning can be made VERY accurate with nearly NO drift.

    When I say nearly I mean ... well ... lets just say it is more accurate than military grade GPS. But I'm also talking about military grade inertial guidence which as another poster mentioned, is rather classified and expensive.

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