[LEAPSECS] Another reason not to mess with UTC

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Mon Mar 1 08:35:12 EST 2010


On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> Rob Seaman writes:

> >

> > GPS is being built into critical infrastructure, [...]

>

> Ohh, I don't disagree with that being patently stupid, without a

> good backup system.


I don't need to tell Poul-Henning about LORAN-C, which AIUI is much harder
to jam than GPS, and, stupidly, now turned off around the USA and in
danger around Europe.

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/LORAN/LORAN_C_status.htm

Tony.
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