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China Begins Using New Global Positioning Satellites

Posted by timothy on from the seasonal-ferry-across-the-river-crab dept.

cswilly writes with the news that China's satellite navigation system, called Beidou, has been successfully activated. "With ten satellites now, 16 in 2012, and 35 in 2020, China is making damn sure they are independent of the U.S. military's lock on GPS. According to the article, 'Beidou, or 'Big Dipper,' would cover most parts of the Asia Pacific by next year and then the world by 2020.'" The BBC also has slightly more detailed coverage.

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  1. Re:Not surprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    you guys are too young to see my point I guess. It is not about numbers. There will always be a doomsday scenario about why Russia is better than the US or will nuke the US, Japan is better, South America, China, whoever. It's always the same crap. Don't quote numbers and population and land area to me. You embarass yourselves when you do it, and you don't even realize it. I am trying to save you the embarassment.