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Indian Military to be a Part of GLONASS
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GIS Development links to a story about the Indian military to be a part of GLONASS. From the DNA India article: "In a major step forward in its ambition to use space applications for defence, India is entering into a partnership with Russia to be a part of Glonass. After America's Global Positioning System (GPS), Glonass is currently the only other satellite-based navigation system and it would be available for Indian military applications, sources said.
India is also a partner in the European Union's Galileo system, which would be ready by 2008. But since Galileo would only be for civilian use, joining Glonass becomes significant."
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