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If GPS is jammed, a device should then automatically try to use GLONASS and/or BeiDou in the expectation that the Russians and Chinese (respectively) would not
by cf100clunk 3y ago
If GPS is jammed, a device should then automatically try to use GLONASS and/or BeiDou in the expectation that the Russians and Chinese (respectively) would not jam their own systems. Perhaps simultaneous polling of all three is workable to avoid jamming as much as possible.
- lxgr 3y agoJamming can be pretty directinal/targeted, and it's not that hard to imagine a situation where one side of a conflict would see it as a huge tactical advantage, even if it means both sides losing GNSS capabilities in some area.
- jstarfish 3y agoThat's the point where we go dark and pull out old tools that can't be intercepted (as with parent article). They'll waste time and energy developing and moving around GPS jammers to defend against smart weaponry, when the real threat changes to someone sneaking up on them and throwing dumb rocks. Slav logic amounts to Ewok warfare :) China I'm unsure of, but Russia would absolutely jam their own systems to poke an adversary in the eye. America never would because corporate interests rely on Navstar; Communist regimes do not share our values or rules.