> > Only three nations have not officially adopted the International
> > System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement:
> > Burma, Liberia, and the United States.
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> That statement is rather misleading.  The metric system has been legal
here
> in the US since 1866.  If you meant to say that you are not forced to
use
> the metric system in the US for private commerce, then that is
correct.
> Note that the military and other parts of the government require use
of the
> metric system in some cases.  For example, soldiers are required to
> communicate distances in kilometers, "klicks" in their jargon.

Another prime example is NASA, where a certain mission to Mars is known
to have had a problem as one contractor did not use the 'standard'
units.
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