[gaijin]

if in fact the objective of this landing was to inspire local confidence in u.s military commitment to the region I am convinced in fact the effect in this era of GPS might have been the opposite.

But u have to admit it’s very, very “Obamesque”.

[wetphoenix]

I think a few people actually like to encounter a foreign military on their own soil this way, even between friendly countries.

[Ghost of SVR4]

But u have to admit it’s very, very “Obamesque”.

Not quite, the call sign Extortion 17 was already taken.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I wonder if dead reckoning navigation was part of the exercise? The services are aware of their excessive dependence on GPS and want to be sure that they can operate in a “GPS denied” environment. In bad weather (even with GPS) they might not have been able to find the airfield and took advantage of a break in the clouds to put down safely.

[PapaBear3625]

if in fact the objective of this landing was to inspire local confidence in u.s military commitment to the region I am convinced in fact the effect in this era of GPS might have been the opposite.

Their GPS will tell them their latitude and longitude, but it may not have been loaded with the names of every obscure village in Poland. Asking the name of the village is not the same as being lost.