Colorado and hiking and nearly synonymous words, bringing to mind the idea of mountains, hidden lakes and evergreen forests that are more common in the state s northern climates.
However, Southern Colorado s more desert-like atmosphere also offers its fair share of trails that are worth heading off the beaten path to explore.
For fitness buffs or experienced hikers, a good place to start is Cheyenne Mountain State Park near Colorado Springs.
Bill Vogrin, spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, suggested that visitors seeking an all-day hike that would afford a good view of not just Colorado Springs but also a unique view of the mountains towering over the city check out the Dixon Trail.
massive solar storm. This has focused military minds on alternatives.
A soldier checks a map during NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise in October 2018. Participants accused the Russian government of GPS jamming during the exercise. Leon NealGetty Images
The Navy’s Automated Celestial Navigation System would replace manual shipboard measurements with something more accurate, while Special Operations Command experts are developing a handheld device for commandos. Both pieces of tech are aiming for GPS-level precision.
“The best accuracy for celestial navigation with certainty is within a couple of meters,” says Benjamin Lane of the Advanced Position, Navigation & Timing Instrumentation unit at Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “In practice, we are within a factor of a few of that.”
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In March of last year, California National Guard members awaited orders from Sacramento headquarters to make preparations for any civil unrest that might arise from the outbreak of the coronavirus.
The members expected directives to ready ground troops to help state and local authorities respond to disturbances triggered by resistance to stay-at-home rules or panic over empty store shelves.
But then came an unusual order: The air branch of the Guard was told to place an F-15C fighter jet on an alert status for a possible domestic mission, according to four Guard sources with direct knowledge of the matter.