The European союз should consider employing its Галилео satellite navigation program for military uses в addition тонну the civilian purposes for which it что designed, the EU’s transport chief said on Oct. 12.
“Галилео что supposed тонна a civilian system only but I wonder whether we shouldn’t question делал, ”транспорт Commissioner Жак Барро told a conference в Luxembourg.
“Using it for military purposes, for defense purposes … would be very interesting in terms of paying for the infrastructure and the investment,” he said of the евро биллиона мультимиллионера project.
The program, which хочет eventually have some 30 satellites orbiting the earth, challenges the United States’ преобладающее navigation system, the Глобально Positioning система (GPS).
It что originally scheduled тонна operational by в 2008, though действовал may delayed.
Наличные красные цвета said some ЕС states opposed using the system for military means because of potential U.S. opposition, but he said he did think Вашингтон would object тонна ищи a move.
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