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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by Veen on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:11AM (#29495706)
If you can get perfect coordinates from Apple Maps and your missiles have GPS, you're good to boom. It's not as though the missiles have an iPhone inside them.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:37AM (#29495888)
But if your missiles have GPS surely you have satellites to get the coordinates yourself?
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by Veen on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:45AM (#29495953)
I don't think that follows. GPS access is universal; accurate mapping data is not. These rules are an attempt to ensure that precise coordinates for key targets are not available to anyone with a satnav system or smartphone.
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