[Az-Geocaching] Poor GPS Signals During War?

[Jeff Moriarty]

Looks like Geocaching might be a tad more difficult when the war finally
gets going!
>From the article:
"The German automobile club AvD said experts fear that just before military
action against Iraq, which seems likely to start later this week, the
signals will be encoded in order to make them less accurate.

The argument is that by doing so, the enemy -- in this case Iraq -- would
not be able to exploit the system to pinpoint US-led forces sweeping into
the country.

Currently, the GPS system has an accuracy to within around five metresfeet),
but AvD said it could be reduced to more than 100 metres."

http://www.spacedaily.com/2003/030318154133.7p1uva5u.html

j.