GPS tracking trucks, bombs
Mar 25, 2003 12:00 PM
The Global Positioning System (GPS) comprised of satellites ringing the earth is fulfilling a variety of roles these days: tracking trucking equipment and rental cars in the United States, and directing bombs onto targets in Iraq.
Twenty-seven satellites orbiting the Earth in a series of crisscrossing paths make up the GPS commercial network most trucking companies tap into to track their vehicles.
The multifaceted role the GPS satellites play is what makes them so valuable to the U.S. military. They provide a vital wartime function by leading bombs precisely onto target.
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