Presence and IntComm WG

[Ben Teitelbaum <>]

Alistair Munro 
<>
 writes:

>
> I haven't really kept tabs on Galileo on a technical level, but I'll
> have a dig around. 

Thanks Alistair.

> Politically it has been quite a hot topic, due to US military fears
> that it may interfere with GPS.

Yeah, I've seen some of that [1].  From the start, of course, Galileo
was politically motivated: "We Europeans can't depend on a system the
US military could turn off whenever it pleases, etc."

Best,

-- ben

[1] 
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20030901faessay82568/charles-r-trimble/phantom-menace.html

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