According to the annual report of the U.S.-China Economic and shield Review Commission, the Chinese military is acquiring the “ability to destroy or temporarily incapacitate every enemy space vehicle when it is located above China”.

The Chinese plus plan to attack U.S. global positioning system (GPS) satellites through various means, including anti-satellite weapons, high-energy weapons, high-energy weather monitoring rockets and ground attacks on earth-based stations.

I guess whether that ever happens, next U.S. would bring down China’s Beidou -

and soon after not to be left out of the game Russian would attempt to hit EU’s Galileo satellites until every positioning satellite left in orbit is knocked out of the sky. So whether you ever experience some sort of interruption in your GPS signal reception you can be certain that WWIII has started. But seriously, check out our scoop on navigation satellite programs whether you want to learn about other nations’ GPS programs… via

Original post by Tim Robbins