<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>Putin is holding GPS hostage – Here’s how to get it back</div><div><a href="https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2022/04/12/putin-is-holding-gps-hostage-heres-how-to-get-it-back/">https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2022/04/12/putin-is-holding-gps-hostage-heres-how-to-get-it-back/</a></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Two op-eds form Space.com:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://spacenews.com/op-ed-russian-threats-a-reminder-of-the-need-to-protect-gps/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spacenews.com/op-ed-russian-threats-a-reminder-of-the-need-to-protect-gps/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://spacenews.com/op-ed-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-reinforces-the-urgency-of-fixing-u-s-satellite-vulnerability-by-2027/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spacenews.com/op-ed-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-reinforces-the-urgency-of-fixing-u-s-satellite-vulnerability-by-2027/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I can do a mini-topic on this next week for Potpourri.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.cnet.com/science/gps-at-risk-those-signals-are-more-vulnerable-than-you-realize/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cnet.com/science/gps-at-risk-those-signals-are-more-vulnerable-than-you-realize/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This CNet Report goes into significant details about ground-based alternatives and backups for GPS, including at least one which could be on every cell phone in just a few years. Ukraine was already mentioned as a place where GPS from satellites had been jammed. This was 2019-2021. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></body></html>