Vehicle Mounted GPS Launchers

[octoluke]

Coming to Redmond, WA police dept soon

[allears]

I thought GPS stood for Global Positioning System, the satellite-based location service that our phones etc. use to find their location. What exactly is a GPS launcher?

[LargoLasskhyfv]

Probably something like a blowpipe for hitting cars with something like Apple Airtags, to be able to track them.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

Ah yes. There it is:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34673712