Proceeding contribution from William Cash (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 July 2007. It occurred during Debate on European Global Navigation Satellite System.
European Global Navigation Satellite System
Does my hon. Friend recall that one of the reasons why we won the Falklands war was that we had access to the American navigation systems in space? That was crucial—and there was a huge argument about it in the United States—but, as usual and, as in 1939, the Americans came to our aid and we won.
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- 2006-07
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- EU action Navigation Galileo system Global navigation satellite systems Satellite communications
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