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To: TexasRepublic

One thing that unnerves me is the fact that the old Tomahawks that worked via the digital images of terrain were discontinued in favor of GPS guided Tomahawks.

The old tech was difficult to manage and slow to engage if you needed to program an unanticipated “terrain” that wasn’t already prepared for, but at least they would work whether or not our GPS satellites were functional.


20 posted on 08/25/2014 10:27:43 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Pox

Redundancy would seem a good thing! GPS and pattern matching together would lessen the need for human guidance; a guided drone could be jammed. I suppose anything could be defeated; a chemical-powered EMP still might fry any drone nearby.


21 posted on 08/25/2014 10:40:26 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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