G Farris wrote:

Sometimes good management is just a matter of knowing a good thing when you
see one. By making diplomatic agreements to tap in to the GPS system, Europe
could not only benefit directly from a system that's already in an advanced

As I already wrote in an earlier post: This is exactly what Europe had
tried. It was the USA who declined, basically saying: Feel free to use
it, but it's ours and we reserve the right to alter the signal or even
to shut it down at any time at our discretion. It was at this point that
Europe said no, thanks.

The future will tell whether this was a good move or not.

Stefan