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Which tragic 1983 incident prompted President Ronald Reagan to promise civilian access to GPS once complete?

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Correct answer: The downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007

In September 1983, a Soviet fighter jet shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 after the airliner accidentally drifted into restricted Soviet airspace due to a navigation error. In response to the tragedy, President Reagan announced that the US military's GPS technology would be made freely available for civilian aviation to prevent such errors. Photo: mike hoffmann, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

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