Have to agree with others that the title of this article is misleading. Positioning satelites have been deployed by different countries for many years and the t

Have to agree with others that the title of this article is misleading. Positioning satelites have been deployed by different countries for many years and the truth is the US "birds" are in various stages of disrepair. Yes they have launched some new updated SV's (space vehicles) but not enough to offset the advantages provided by a full constelation of high end, new tech, units. The true "war" revolves around selective availability which is controlled by each individual entity. It is important to note that positioning quality does not improve based strictly on the number of satelites a receiver can see but more so the configuration of the satelites that are available at any given time. In some cases less is actually more and the difference would never be noticible to the average consumer.