Innovative technique squeezed more accuracy from GPS

'Sweetening' GPS A clever procedure for minimizing GPS satellite errors over Iraq improved navigation performance 25-30% during the war, freeing planners to launch air strikes with GPS-guided weapons any time of the day. Each satellite's performance depends primarily on "how precisely we know where...

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