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That worries me, big time. They've already practiced this whole routine. I have always thought that the Chicoms were behind the sudden malfunction and disappearance of the Galaxy IV satellite. Mysterious "malfunctions" was the excuse given to the public, but no real explanation. Ever since Clinton sold them the technology via a convoluted route for them to contribute to his campaign, I have been waiting for the "other shoe to drop".

This is a crazy story without a good base of information to support it. As a former A-10 pilot and someone who worked on the C-5B program....the GPS technology is negligible when it comes to true ability to get your aircraft in the proper position at the proper time. Worst comes to worst, the pilot can use simple ADM (using AM radio signals) to guide his craft in the proper direction without fear of jamming or FMM (foreign means of manipulation).

This story REEKS of anti AF propaganda, and should be taken with a grain of salt. I'm sure if I drove my Lexus across the IDL the NAvCom would fail as well.

I would bet that this whole story was based on a 'beta' flight used to gather data for friction/response to the contractor. The F-22 is so far beyond anything the aviation world has ever seen I expect to see MANY postings like this in the future.

My whole point is that the Chicoms have proven that they can disable/destroy satellites.

They just DID IT a week or so ago in one of their "Tests".

That's the technology that bothers me.

We depend on satellites for a whole lot more than GPS. GPS is small potatoes when you stack it up against everything else that depends on those 'birds'.