▲ 464 ▼ Tests suggest Russian satellites can jam GPS on a continental scale (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 month ago by EatingOnions@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (2 children) If Russia did this to the world they'd be declaring war on everyone. China wouldn't stand for it and they would likely act. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] boywar3@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yeah, like, what nation wouldn't see this as an act of war if deployed on a targeted and continous scale? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) The thing is, China has their own GNSS called Beidou (pronounced like Play-Dough if I've been informed correctly). China has spent the last 10 years convincing non-aligned countries (Brazil and most of South America, many African nations, etc) to switch to using it instead of GPS. An attack by Russia would be "condemned" by China but would actually be a boon to them and their allies. Europe has their own GNSS, too, but it is much less widely used. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago Oh I hadn't realized that Beidou-3 has global coverage. I thought that was still a regional system. Thanks for mentioning countries outside of their earlier area of coverage permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boywar3@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Yeah, like, what nation wouldn't see this as an act of war if deployed on a targeted and continous scale? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) The thing is, China has their own GNSS called Beidou (pronounced like Play-Dough if I've been informed correctly). China has spent the last 10 years convincing non-aligned countries (Brazil and most of South America, many African nations, etc) to switch to using it instead of GPS. An attack by Russia would be "condemned" by China but would actually be a boon to them and their allies. Europe has their own GNSS, too, but it is much less widely used. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago Oh I hadn't realized that Beidou-3 has global coverage. I thought that was still a regional system. Thanks for mentioning countries outside of their earlier area of coverage permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago Oh I hadn't realized that Beidou-3 has global coverage. I thought that was still a regional system. Thanks for mentioning countries outside of their earlier area of coverage permalink fedilink source parent