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EU and US Agree on Galileo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the be-a-shame-if-something-happened-to-your-satellites dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The EU and USA have reached an agreement over the Galileo satellite positioning system, ending several years of negotiations." We had some good Galileo information in a story last month.

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  1. Re:End of GPS lockout? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If people can get very accurate readings with Galileo anyway, where's the problem with supplying GPS at the same level of accuracy?

    If people can get quality cryptography outside the US anyway, why have export controls on software?

    Answer: Because our military leadership is made up of people who are almost as big fuckheads as our politicians.

  2. Re:Why duplication? by Richard_at_work · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It is, the US gets the ability to degrade Galileos signal whenever they want, and Galileos owners dont get any such access to the US GPS system. Whey to fucking go, Europe!

  3. Re:Its about time by qwasty · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I feel much safer knowing that America has Europe by the balls. Heaven forbid that Europe should decide when they want to degrade their signals. That's a decision that should only be made by the US military.