PLA Restricts Use of Homegrown Navigation System in Military Movement
China has curtailed the use of its navigation system, known as BeiDou, amid an increase in Indian surveillance to better understand Chinese actions an
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PLA Restricts Use of Homegrown Navigation System in Military Movement Officials say this is a deliberate attempt by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to hide its critical Northern Border activities. Experts predict Pakistan will eventually transfer all vital military platforms to the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. China has curtailed the use of its navigation system, known as BeiDou, amid an increase in Indian surveillance to better understand Chinese actions and movements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). China's own navigation system, BeiDou, aims to replace and cease reliance on the US-based Global Positioning System (GPS). Activation of BeiDou terminals around the Northern Borders has dropped dramatically in the recent month. Platforms with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System only use it to validate their location. Officials say this is a deliberate attempt by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to hide its critical Northern Border activities. The BeiDou system was launched on June 23, 2020, completing a two-deca…
