What it is is outsourcing your time source to the USAF. Aka introducing an external dependency. If these people are upset over 13 microseconds, wait until the

What it is is outsourcing your time source to the USAF. Aka introducing an external dependency. If these people are upset over 13 microseconds, wait until the DoD turn selective availability back on during a war or start adjusting satellite positions to avoid incoming ASAT missiles. Interesting fact: GPS time doesn't take leap seconds, etc. into account. As of last summer, it's ahead of UTC by 17 seconds. http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html