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Fragile GPS is a vulnerability for the West – and Putin knows it (telegraph.co.uk)
6 points by philposting 47 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Honestly, time-keeping doesn't seem that difficult. It does not have to derive from GPS satellites - there are highly accurate clocks earthside. Any system requiring highly accurate time should be able to access an earthside time service.

Jamming GPS as a positioning systems seems a larger problem: lots of systems depend on this. Consider the huge agricultural machines run their routes based on GPS. Consider ocean-going freighters. Consider airline autopilots. All of these systems would require weeks to months to work around a systemic failure of GPS.


But a new optical quantum clock may be the solution.




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