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Re: The Nautilus
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2013 Dec 29, 10:58 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2013 Dec 29, 10:58 -0500
Brad, Neither am I. I am just saying that this is different from what we know from unclassified sources. Alex. > Hey, I wasn't there. Captain Anderson was and these are his declassified > results, published under his own name. I'm not about to call him a liar! > On Dec 29, 2013 1:36 AM, "Alexandre Eremenko"> wrote: > >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> Brad, >> >> > In this book, Captain Anderson gives us the accuracy of generation 1 >> > inertial navigation equipment as compared to his celestial equipment. >> So >> > without further ado, Captain Anderson states that after a 2000 mile >> > journey >> > under the polar ice cap the difference between his inertial navigation >> > equipment and his celestial fix was 1 nautical mile. Call it 1 part >> in >> > 2000! >> >> This is not consistent with the data on the accuracy of modern inertial >> navigation systems which were discussed on this list approx two years >> ago. The discussion had ballistic missiles in the title, but it was >> mostly about inertial navigation. >> >> Some data from manufacturer advertisements were posted. They are worse >> by orders of magnitude, if I remember correctly. >> Perhaps we had a regress in this technology since the times of >> Nautilus:-) >> >> Alex. >> >> >> >> >> : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=126016 >> > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=126019 > > > >
