<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SPN Lifer:
1 nautical mile = 2000 yds.
1 statute mile = 1760 yds.
</font>
close but not quite. 1nm = 1/60th of one degree of the earth's circumference at the equator,
6,076.115 feet = 2025.372 yards since being re-standardized at 1852m...