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7. Yes, and it is very important for GPS, which is why....

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 07:57 PM

Oct 19

.... this would be a national security issue. In the US it is something of a distributed system, I don't know about China.

The Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is their GPS equivalent. Being able to disrupt their national time keeping system could put it out of service.

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China accuses US of cyberattack on national time center [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 19 OP

I've never heard of a "national time center" JoseBalow Oct 19 #1

"Do we have anything like that?" BumRushDaShow Oct 19 #2

I never thought about NIST being involved with that JoseBalow Oct 19 #3

Oh yes! BumRushDaShow Oct 19 #4

I do remember that telephone service JoseBalow Oct 19 #5

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tick ... tick ... tick ... BEEEEEEP ... tick ... tick ... tick ... (n/t) Igel Oct 20 #9

BBC World Service JoseBalow Oct 20 #10

Yes, and it is very important for GPS, which is why.... reACTIONary Oct 19 #7

I'm guessing their clocks tavernier Oct 19 #8