Its Galileo satellite navigation system is being designed not only to compete with the American GPS, but to interfere with its signals.

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Others say that only Galileo, Europe's planned satellite navigation system, will give the accuracy required.

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Take the arguments for building an expensive EU satellite navigation system, Galileo.

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While the participants engaged in much discussion there of Iraq, trade and other issues, the most significant result of the meeting may have been an agreement to ensure that Europes Galileo navigation system does not interfere with the frequencies used by Americas Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system .

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We questioned the starry-eyed revenue and expense forecasts for Galileo, a European satellite navigation venture designed to compete with the U.S.' Global Positioning System.

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