• China opens GPS-substitute to public
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[quote]However, it is widely thought another motivation for the project is China's desire not to be reliant on a foreign-operated system that could be turned off at a time of conflict,[/quote] Good point, imagine if you had loads of military systems that relied on the use of the GPS network then the US disallowed non-US military access, you'd be pretty screwed.
[QUOTE=Cushie;38991105]Good point, imagine if you had loads of military systems that relied on the use of the GPS network then the US disallowed non-US military access, you'd be pretty screwed.[/QUOTE] Also the reason why we have Galileo(EU) and GLONASS(Russia).
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