China's version of GPS now has more satellites than US original

Re:China's version of GPS now has more satellites than US or... by mytailorisrich on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:47AM (#20745153)

Seems that the experimental Beidou-1 worked that way, and that Galileo is also able to work that way [1].

However, this does not seem to be how the deployed version of Beidou works, and this does not seem required with Galileo either.

I also note that Qualcomm produces Beidou receiver chips so these are under American control.

Overall I have the feeling that the article is trying hard to whip up fears over Beidou...

[1] https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/30839/is-two-way-c...

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Re:China's version of GPS now has more satellites than US or... by lolc on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @08:26AM (#20746103)

I do wonder where this "scare" comes from. I remember a Bloomberg article that also posited Beidou as a danger.

Sure these systems have military applications, but why not talk about those dangers directly instead of trying to portray civilian use as problematic?

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