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10-10-09, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Brag

All navies still use nautical miles for navigation as the results from angle computations come in seconds, minutes of arc, which is miles or fraction of miles. One nautical mile = 1852 meters.

The nautical mile was established at 1852 metres in 1929. Ships and aircraft the world over still measure their speed in knots, or nautical miles per hour.

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