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US Navy Returns to Celestial Navigation

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Mike Meynell
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Think this might amuse one or two people:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11931403/US-navy-returns-to-celestial-navigation-amid-fears-of-computer-hack.html

the US navy is reinstating classes on celestial navigation for all new recruits, teaching the use of sextants – instruments made of mirrors used to calculate angles and plot directions – because of rising concerns that computers used to chart courses could be hacked or malfunction.

 
Posted : 14/10/2015 6:57 pm
Andy Sawers
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No doubt there will be a backlash against the 'sex' in 'sextant'.

 
Posted : 14/10/2015 8:22 pm
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