China has already threatened to shoot SpaceX's starlink out of the sky because it poses a NatSec risk to them by puncturing their Great Firewall. While GPS is

China has already threatened to shoot SpaceX's starlink out of the sky because it poses a NatSec risk to them by puncturing their Great Firewall. While GPS is hugely important - no debate there -, there are quickly growing alternative uses for satellites. Also, satellites are already used a lot more in business than people realize [2]. Walmart, for example, used to own the largest fleet of satellites in order to connect their stores to HQ before communication was ubiquitous. It built it out in the 80s. [1] https://www.engadget.com/china-military-scientists-anti-starlink-measures-060518398.html https://www.engadget.com/china-military-scientists-anti-star... [2] (scroll to 1987) https://corporate.walmart.com/about/history https://corporate.walmart.com/about/history