The Dark Shadow Shrine

embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Saturday, May 14, 2016

How was the GPS born?

here's an interesting nugget of info...

overheard on the radio this afternoon on BBC.....apparently, the GPS (Global Positioning System) that's so prevalent today is the result of the army using it to ensure more accurate bombing during war!!!
So we have another example of how spending on military weapons and research is justified as a lot of the technology we have for civilian use today has their roots in military use...think also of examples like the internet, drones, fuzzy logic.....
If u have done the 2005 'A' level compre on aggression, one point made by the writer Arthur Woolgar is that aggression can lead to benefits, as great milestones in technology are made during war times, and the example he mentioned was the invention of the jet engine during the world war.....

Qn: Examine the extent to which expenditure on arms and the armed forces is justified in the modern world (Cam. 2014)