In recent years, GNSS has played an increasingly important role, and they are of great importance to all aspects of the military, civilian and economic aspects. For half a century, the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) has played a key role in this. However, what many people don't know is that if the United States suddenly shuts down the GPS system, the global missiles will lose their navigation capabilities, and except for China and Russia, the missiles of other countries will fall into a state of "blindness".
First, GPS is a group of satellites maintained by the U.S. Air Force to provide navigation and positioning services around the globe. In addition to providing navigation functions for civilian use, GPS also plays a vital role in the military field, including missile navigation, ** and aircraft positioning, and so on. The GPS system of the United States plays a strategic vanguard role militarily and is able to provide important support for its military superiority. In the event of war, shutting down GPS would deprive America's adversaries of navigation and positioning capabilities, weakening the effectiveness of their military operations.
For example, in the Gulf War, the United States was able to quickly seize air supremacy and suppress the Iraqi army, relying to a large extent on GPS. At that time, the US military turned off Iraq's GPS as soon as possible, so that its missiles lost their guidance and became scrap metal, unable to accurately target and strike. It also paralyzed Saddam's communication system, making it impossible for the armies to communicate and coordinate operations. It is also the use of GPS that the United States can quickly and accurately locate the command posts, radar systems, arsenals, and other strategic objectives of Saddam's army, followed by missile strikes, one hit at a time.
It can be seen that while the GPS of the United States serves the world, it also brings great threats to other countries. Especially in wartime, it will be easy to be stuck by the United States. But Russia, as a major military-industrial power, will not face such a dilemma. Russia's Veglonass system, which began to be built during the Soviet era, was put back into service after Russia's independence, continued to be perfected, and entered service with the Russian army in 2007. Today, GLONASS systems have been put into civilian use and have the ability to serve the world.
The GLONASS system is similar to GPS, but it is independent of American control and therefore immune to American interference. This allows Russia to maintain a high level of navigation accuracy and reliability during military operations. In addition to its military applications, Russia's GLONASS system also provides navigation services for the population in areas such as autonomous driving, navigation and aviation.
At the same time, China's Beidou navigation satellite system, which is maintained by China and aims to provide high-precision navigation and positioning services to the world, is also developing rapidly. Compared with other navigation systems, the Beidou system has higher navigation accuracy, wider coverage and stronger reliability. It is used militarily in areas such as precision guidance of missiles, positioning of aircraft and ships, and more. So, even if the United States shuts down GPS, it won't have any impact on us.
In addition, the Beidou system is also widely used in the civilian field, supporting the development of various fields such as intelligent transportation, precision agriculture and logistics. Today, Beidou has signed cooperation agreements with 137 countries around the world, which can provide users with services around the clock and all day. China, on the other hand, loves and advocates peace, and will never take advantage of its own advantages to impose sanctions and deter other countries at every turn, like the United States. Therefore, as soon as Beidou was launched, it won wide market support and affirmation.