Commerical GPS
Turns 25: How the
Unwanted Military Tech Found Its
True Calling
It's hard to imagine in this para**iac age of electronic eavesdropping, data mining and myriad digital spying schemes by nefarious civilians, corporations and Big Brother government, but at one time the
Military actively fought against implementing arguably the most important spy
Tech of all time —
GPS.
**t only did the
Military finally agree to build the GPS system, but "Tear down this wall!" President Ronald Reagan directed the Department of Defense to declassify it as well as actively aid and abet commercial GPS development.
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