Unknown plane escorted over West Kent - Jets scrambled

[Esseesse]

IIRC Russia was building it's own GPS system, but I don't think it works yet, or not everywhere.

Do these Russian planes rely on GPS? I know they could navigate with a chart and a compass if necessary but presumably they make use of the US GPS system?

[Oilchange]

They probably have TomToms stuck to the windscreen...

[wolves_wanderer]

Esseesse said:

IIRC Russia was building it's own GPS system, but I don't think it works yet, or not everywhere.

Do these Russian planes rely on GPS? I know they could navigate with a chart and a compass if necessary but presumably they make use of the US GPS system?

It works fine now, its called GLONASS and your phone may well have a combined GPS/GLONASS receiver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS#Achieving_ful...

[hidetheelephants]

ukwill said:

eharding said:

You broke ukwill? Oh, what a thrill!

Goodness gracious!

Great balls of fire!

[ATTAK Z]

hidetheelephants said:

ukwill said:

eharding said:

You broke ukwill? Oh, what a thrill!

Goodness gracious!

Great balls of fire!

Was that really necessary ?

[superkartracer]

http://www.janes.com/article/45302/us-concerned-at...

[AreOut]

well they shouldn't have brought the oil prices down then, now it's too cheap to fly