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Comment by Cthulhu_

9 years ago

What did the ICBMs from the cold war (pre-GPS) use? Don't need GPS to direct ballistic missiles. Besides, I don't think US ballistic missiles depend on GPS either, a scenario where GPS is one of the first targeted systems is not unimaginable.

>What did the ICBMs from the cold war (pre-GPS) use?

AFAIK star-based and inertial navigation.