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my thoughts too, Stuxnet but for GPS satellites. Too much of a threat to the US GPS system? Maybe a target for Russia but unlikely because they have no competin
by celticninja 10y ago
my thoughts too, Stuxnet but for GPS satellites. Too much of a threat to the US GPS system? Maybe a target for Russia but unlikely because they have no competing system. The only thing that leads away from it being US orchestrated is that they found Stuxnet, so if they found this you could be pretty sure that US/EU relations would be very shaky. Of course perhaps then Russia make it look like a US attack to divide a wedge between allies.
- Gupie 10y ago>> Russia ... have no competing system Russia has GLONASS, China has BeiDOU, India IRNSS, Japan QZ
- celticninja 10y agoapologies, I thought GLONASS was military use, I then checked and got stuck in wikipedia, meaning to come back and edit my comment, too late now though.
- caf 10y agoIf you have a recent smartphone, you might be a GLONASS user and not even know it!
- flyinghamster 10y agoIf it's an Android smartphone, recent versions of MobiWIA - Eclipsim's GPS Status & Toolbox app divide the satellite signal bar display into four sections (GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, and Galileo). Since my phone only supports GPS and GLONASS, the latter two don't show any bars.
- vetinari 10y ago> Russia but unlikely because they have no competing system. Russian GLONASS had full constellation in 1995, then during late 90s it had breakages, but was fully restored by 2011 again. EU Galileo has full constellation planed for 2020.
- knz 10y agoHow is it a threat to the US GPS infrastructure? Does it not add another potential layer of redundancy for positioning systems? Assuming that the EU/NATO is still our ally...