[C320-list] From Cruising World Mag

[Allan Field]

And in other breaking news, restaurant chain Taco Bell just purchased the
Liberty Bell.

On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:19 AM Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

>  U.S. Navy Declares GPS Obsolete, Celestial the Future
> A spokesman for the Pentagon speaking on behalf of the Secretary of the
> Navy announced on Wednesday afternoon, March 31, that the U.S. Navy will no
> longer rely on the GPS satellite network for navigation at sea. Assistant
> Secretary Alan Gneiss issued the following statement: “Due to security
> issues within the GPS network, the Navy has decided it will abandon the
> network starting immediately. Recent U.S. Navy ship encounters and
> collisions while on patrol indicate that the GPS network can and has been
> hacked to the detriment of safety and wellbeing of our sailors at sea.
> Moreover, anomalies in the accuracy of GPS, particularly in the South China
> Sea and the Black Sea, indicate that U.S. rivals may be the source of the
> hacking. In its place, the Navy will reinstitute celestial navigation and
> dead reckoning across the service, systems that can not be hacked and have
> proven reliable for centuries. In line with this move and to boost moral,
> the Navy has also decided to serve all sailors a ration of grog during the
> afternoon dog watch. This second policy move has been well received by the
> service.”
>
>
> Fair Winds,
> Chris Burti
> Commitment #867
> Farmville, NC
>