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Old Apr 8, 2003 | 7:32 am
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mjmjr
 
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ilovemiles:
...GPS units that work at altitudes &gt; 60,000 feet or 1,000+ knots are considered "munitions" per 22 CFR 121... . ...</font>
From the Regs. sited for GPS: ..."Designed for producing navigation results above 60,000 feet altitude and at 1,000 knots velocity or greater;...".

_AND_ in the above means the unit has to do both. The highest speed spec. I've ever seen on a consumer GPS is 999 mph (868knots); ergo, not a proscribed item on the munitions list.

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