] In October 2003 the Office of Naval Research will unveil
] the performance of the next-generation, super-accurate
] clock no bigger than a matchbox. The Ultra-miniature
] Rubidium (Rb) Atomic Clock, 40 cubic centimeters in
] volume and using a minuscule one watt of power, doesn’t
] weigh much more than a matchbox either.
]
] And...it will lose only about one second every 10,000 years.

Office of Naval Research figures it out again. This time w/ a Super Dooper Rubium clock. What does this mean for you and me? Well more accurate gps readings for one thing. The other is the ability to give ultra-fine grain timing to almost any device... better guided missles, better aimed unmanned surveillance drones.

ONR -- "Securing America's freedom by increasingly more accurate bombing technology."