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US Coast Guard Intends To Kill LORAN-C

Posted by kdawson on from the we-will-always-have-signals-from-the-sky dept.

adaviel writes "LORAN (Long Range Aids to Navigation) is an electronic navigation system using low-frequency radio, used by many boaters (including me) before GPS. It has an approximately 200m accuracy and is a functional replacement in case GPS fails or the US implements selective availability in time of war. The US Coast Guard, part of the Department of Homeland Security, intends to turn it off starting February 8." This is in spite of $160M spent on modernizing LORAN stations over the past 10 years.

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  1. Re:Sunk cost by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Aaaand another saying that has never been proven in reality. (No, your anecdotes don’t count.)
    Maybe you can get the Mythbusters to do it... if you find a way to make it explode. Just like the econo... damn...

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  2. Re:hmm by MichaelSmith · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, yes. When I was commercial fishing on a troller in Alaska

    Trolls in Alaska get paid? Maybe its worth living there and putting up with the climate. (I think your meant trawler).

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  3. Re:Sunk cost by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    How can a trolling moderator be more obvious than with my above comment?? EPIC FAIL.

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