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by fwip 3000 days ago
23 nanometers off, dang. If they'd only had a slightly wider field of view, they could have found those poor people. :(
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Perhaps a little poor taste with the tone, but this is a great point. We're all talking about how poorly we handle units. Nm has two meanings, but I didn't even think about it until this comment.
Nm is Newton meters. You're looking for NM (Nautical Miles). Common mistake.

Similarly, kt means knots as in speed, but the very same kt also means kilotonnes as in dynamite.

Good point; I should have been more careful with my wording.
Nautical Miles