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That's great and all, but stepping back a bit: the US (and the West?) seems to be falling behind in distribution and resiliency. For high-accuracy timing stuff,
by throw0101c 1y ago
That's great and all, but stepping back a bit: the US (and the West?) seems to be falling behind in distribution and resiliency. For high-accuracy timing stuff, China has space (BeiDou), terrestrial broadcast (eLoran), and fiber in production:
* https://rntfnd.org/2024/10/03/china-completes-national-eloran-network-the-paper/ https://rntfnd.org/2024/10/03/china-completes-national-elora...
As we've seen regularly, GPS/GNSS has major risks with it, and it seems to have become a single point of failure:
* https://gpsjam.org https://gpsjam.org
* https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/msc-container-ship-stranded-in-red-sea-after-suspected-gps-spoofing/ https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/msc-container-sh...
* https://gcaptain.com/gps-jamming-in-strait-of-hormuz-raises-maritime-safety-concerns-after-tanker-collision/ https://gcaptain.com/gps-jamming-in-strait-of-hormuz-raises-...