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What’s new: A reminder and concise summary of issues from Diana Furchtgott-Roth at the Heritage Foundation.
Why it’s important: This huge national security threat has yet to be acknowledged by the U.S. administration, or any other western government. The message coming from the conservative Heritage Foundation may have more credibility with the party in power.
What else to know:
- Diana was the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Transportation in the first Trump administration and was responsible for PNT issues.
- We like the following highlights from her post:
Protecting global navigation satellite systems from interference from China, Russia and Iran is a matter of extreme importance.
In America, Congress has repeatedly asked the Department of Transportation to install a back-up to GPS, without allocating sufficient funds to do so.
This is an area where like-minded governments can and should work together to develop reliable back-ups, both for economic and military security.
