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Surely GPS satellites can also be shot down, no? It seems the best possible outcome might be a single global navigation system that all powers depend on, creati
by hamandcheese 9y ago
Surely GPS satellites can also be shot down, no? It seems the best possible outcome might be a single global navigation system that all powers depend on, creating a navigational form of mutually assured destruction, ensuring its continued availability during a time of conflict.
That will probably never happen, though.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoI feel like that would just encourage all parties involved to develop robust non-satellite fallback systems and procedures...which, actually, would have prevented these collisions in the first place.
- nradov 9y agoAll parties involved already have robust non-satellite systems for collision avoidance because satellite systems have never been used for that purpose in the first place.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoThe post suggests that they weren't robust enough. That's why I said systems and procedures--backup systems don't work if the guys monitoring them aren't well-trained or paying attention because everyone assumes the GPS is infallible. Policies based on GPS MAD would place a lot more attention on the non-GPS systems.