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> GPS was actually designed from the start as a dual military and civilian system No, what prompted GPS to be opened to civilian uses was KAL007 being shot dow
by sdinsn 8y ago
> GPS was actually designed from the start as a dual military and civilian system
No, what prompted GPS to be opened to civilian uses was KAL007 being shot down by the Soviet Union. [1] 269 killed, including a US Rep.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
- nradov 8y agoNo, as usual Wikipedia isn't quite accurate. Here's an actual interview with the "father of GPS". "BRAD PARKINSON: Absolutely. And there are a lot of misconceptions about that. You hear people saying, well it was a military system and eventually made a civil system. That was not true. When I testified before Congress back about 1975, I said this is a combination military civil system." https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-gps-found-its-way/ https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-gps-found-its-way...