[time-nuts] GPS Selective Availability. Is it On or Off?

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Sun Mar 12 19:27:31 UTC 2006


In message: <44145C0C.10100 at erols.com>
            Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> writes:
: SA was turned off to allow the troops in Desert Storm to use
: civilian GPS units (there was a critical shortage of military
: P-band units)
: 
: It has never been turned on since.

Desert Storm was 1991.  SA was turned off in 2000 upon a Presidential
directive from Clinton.

Warner




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