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== Political implications of Galileo project ==
As well as being an impressive technological achievement and a hugely practical tool, Galileo will be a political statement of European independence from the United States and its GPS system. A strong motivator for an independent system is that, though GPS is now widely used worldwide for civilian applications, it is a military system, which as recently as 2000 had [[Global_Positioning_System#Selective_availability|selective availability]] and which can be disabled in times of war. Galileo's proponents argue that civil infrastructure, including aeroplane navigation and landing, should not rely solely upon GPS. It was annouced by President Clinton
== System description ==
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