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There are atomic clocks that weigh only about 35 grams. They cost $15K though, so probably too expensive for munitions, except nukes, but fine for aircraft and
by anovikov 9y ago
There are atomic clocks that weigh only about 35 grams. They cost $15K though, so probably too expensive for munitions, except nukes, but fine for aircraft and ships, and probably for some land vehicles. Having ±5.0E-11 accuracy and <1E-11 @1000s short term stability. So enough for any aircraft sortie or ship action in a region of probable GPS spoofing (precise enough for days).
Even OCXO will be enough given short duration of stay in a spoofed environment (typical OCXO will give you 50 seconds, but it is more than enough time to be within 300 meters from a spoofer, unless you are on foot). Or 500 seconds within 3000 meters, which is same speed - 6 m/s - which you have to maintain to be able to filter out spoofing. Several times more in practice because these are all RMS, not max errors. But 30 m/s is 5 sigmas which is military (nuclear, to be precise) definition of 'safe', so all aircraft/munitions are safe, and ships are big and expensive enough to justify $15,000 atomic clock.
- wyager 9y agoWow! Thank you for the detailed description. I didn't realize atomic clocks had become so small. After searching, I see you can even buy rubidium clocks with similar accuracy for around $1000 in single quantities! Very impressive.