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From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 6 Oct 2011 13:34:23
Message: <4e8de69f$1@news.povray.org>

On 06/10/2011 06:25 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:12:21 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>
>> The difference is, the US military *needs* GPS to exist
>
> Well, no, military forces (including in the US) existed well before the
> advent of GPS technology.

And military forces existed before the invention of projectile weapons. 
I don't think you can successfully argue that the army don't need guns. ;-)

The point isn't that the USMC wouldn't exist without GPS. It's that GPS 
is valuably enough for them to pay for it, even if it didn't benefit 
anyone else.

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