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> It means that if NATO crosses our red line, it risks losing all 32 of its GPS satellites at once. Not trying to completely downplay the seriousness of the th
by sparker72678 5y ago
> It means that if NATO crosses our red line, it risks losing all 32 of its GPS satellites at once.
Not trying to completely downplay the seriousness of the threat, but Russia has not demonstrated the ability to do anything close to this, at least not yet.
GPS satellites orbit dramatically higher than the satellite Russia destroyed in their test, and they're all in different orbital planes, meaning Russia would have to launch missiles from many locations across the globe, all at once, just to even try this, let alone be successful.
Not to mention that GPS is just one of the GNS systems in orbit.