The Military-Industrial Complex Roots of GPS

The Military-Industrial Complex Roots of GPS

  • March 13, 2018
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The Military-Industrial Complex Roots of GPS

The story of the Navstar Global Positioning System starts in 1973, when the US Department of Defense approved funding for the technology, and the system was built out in bits and pieces up until 1995.

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