Global reliance on GPS creates new risks

Global navigation satellite systems are ubiquitous but their proliferation has created unanticipated risks

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  • Costs and benefits
  • Applications
  • Single point of failure
  • Errors and faults
  • Jamming
  • Spoofing
  • Space weather
  • Noise and interference
  • Deliberate denial
  • Military strike
  • Weak global governance
  • Risk mitigation
  • Ground-based radio navigation
  • Inertial navigation systems
  • Backup clocks
  • Detection and warning
  • Encrypted signals
  • Future risks
  • Outlook

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