The end of LORAN


Oh well. It was nice having a backup system to GPS, but it looks like it's dead.
I think it was Clinton who tried to dump it before but it was retained due to an overwhelming protest by the military, commercial transportation operations and the general boating/aviation public.

GPS can be jammed. LORAN is much more difficult to jam. I've used both and although GPS is very good, I always liked the reliability of LORAN.

Eisboch

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: President, Congress Abandon National Infrastructure
    ... The following story constitutes an editorial opinion, based on current facts, by GPS World ... Loran] would be about $100 million, which is about the same cost as dismantling the ... the struggle to mount back-up system for GPS: Loran-C and eLoran, ... allows termination of Loran-C in Jan 2010. ...
    (sci.geo.satellite-nav)
  • Re: Bye, bye Loran
    ... Administration says Loran no longer needed in era of Global ... Critics warn GPS is vulnerable to cyber-attacks, ... paradoxically has increased the importance of maintaining Loran as a backup. ... shutting down satellite navigation and cell phone service up ...
    (rec.boats)
  • Bye, bye Loran
    ... Administration says Loran no longer needed in era of Global Positioning System ... In a series of small ceremonies, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday shut down Loran-C, a navigation and timing system that has guided mariners and aviators since World War II. ... But supporters of Loran -- including the man known as "the father of GPS" -- say the nation's increasing reliance on GPS paradoxically has increased the importance of maintaining Loran as a backup. ...
    (rec.boats)
  • President, Congress Abandon National Infrastructure
    ... The following story constitutes an editorial opinion, based on current facts, by GPS World editor Alan Cameron. ... It also delineated the consequent vulnerability of critical national infrastructure of several kinds, which depend upon GPS for highly precise timing, as well as position and navigation. ... Now the executive fist, seeking to wring some drop of financial savings from some obscure program somewhere, has clamped on Loran, the sole practical back-up to GPS, and throttled the life out of it. ... On October 28, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that effectively terminates the struggle to mount back-up system for GPS: Loran-C and eLoran, a system that could prevent national and industrial infrastructure breakdown in the event of various probable disruptions, interference, or intentional jamming. ...
    (sci.geo.satellite-nav)
  • Re: Bye, bye Loran
    ... Washington -- Good night, Loran. ... In a series of small ceremonies, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday shut ... father of GPS" -- say the nation's increasing reliance on GPS ... paradoxically has increased the importance of maintaining Loran as a backup. ...
    (rec.boats)