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Re: Role of CN at sea, was Re: Averaging sights ...
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 13, 16:25 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 13, 16:25 -0500
On my opinion, the horror stories about GPS faillure and human blunders related to GPS cannot be used as evidence that Cel Nav is somehow superior. I am sure there are at least as many stories of Cel Nav faillure. Just recently (Jared Sherman, Oct 07 2004 - 21:28:03 EDT ) we read the story about a B-52 bomber, loaded with nuclear weapons and using Cel Nav, finding itself 300 miles from the assumed position. Columbus, having only a compass, and no reliable maps did much better in his second voyage:-) Alex.