[66817] in Cypherpunks
Re: GPS and other Dual-use technologies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Sun Sep 29 23:18:11 1996
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 20:06:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Cc: tcmay@buckeye.got.net, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v02130502ae740149c98b@[10.0.2.15]>
On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, Steve Schear wrote:
> Craft are free to use any navigational technology, but must be autonomous
> from launch to delivery. To aid navigation I was considering the design of
> a substitute differential GPS beacon functionally interchangable with those
> offered by the USCG. My device would work on a different frequency,
> possibly using very wideband direct sequence spread spectrum (for low
> probability of intercept/detection) and be actuated by the missile as it
> neared the target in order to refine its position.
While in St. Louis on business, I talked with two guys writing the
operations manual for a new Navy missile built by a local defense
contractor. The missile was using GPS for targeting.
--Lucky
