«——【Preamble】】 ——»
When it comes to global navigation systems, the first thing that comes to people's minds is the GPS of the United States, after all, as a pioneer, GPS can be said to be closely related to our lives.
However, with the emergence of China's Beidou navigation system, the United States has paid attention to it, but with the gradual maturity of the Beidou system, the United States is also worried, worried that it will pose a threat to its GPS.
Therefore, in order to hinder the development of China's Beidou system, the United States also began to spread rumors about China's Beidou system in the international community, in an attempt to prevent the construction of China's Beidou system.
So whether the Beidou system has no harmony will make the United States worried, and how does the United States spread rumors about it?
«——【Development of China's Beidou System·】——»
At present, only four major countries or regions in the world have independently developed satellite navigation systems, namely China's Beidou, the United States' GPS, Russia's GLONASS, and the European Union's Galileo.
Among the four major navigation systems, GPS is undoubtedly the most widely used, and China's Beidou as a rising star has also shown good strength in the world.
The mainland's idea of the Beidou system was born in the 80s of the 20th century, and at that time, after many scientists discussed, it also formulated a three-step strategy for China's satellite navigation system.
In 1994, the mainland officially launched the construction of the Beidou-1 system. After several years of hard work, by 2000, we successfully launched two satellites into geostationary orbit, which became an important part of the Beidou-1 system. In order to further improve the performance of the system, Continental successfully launched a third geostationary orbit satellite in 2003. This move marks the mainland's initial exploration of the construction of a satellite navigation system.
Drawing on the experience of the construction of the No. 1 system, the mainland began to build the Beidou-2 system in 2004. After eight years, by 2012, 14 satellites were successfully launched to form the Beidou-2 system. Compared with the No. 1 system, the system has achieved a number of technical upgrades.
Moreover, the radiation range of the Beidou-2 system can be said to have expanded a lot, including the entire Asia-Pacific region.
At the same time, in parallel with the architecture of the No. 2 system, Continental also began the construction of the Beidou-3 system in 2009. With the successful launch of the last networking satellite of the Beidou-3 system on March 26, 2020, the mainland's Beidou-3 system has also been successfully established.
System 3 combines the advantages of the previous two generations of systems, but also adds new features and significantly increases its coverage, and is designed to serve people around the world. In just 26 years, from the construction of the first system in 1994 to the completion of the third system in 2020, China has successfully established a global satellite navigation system, which is a remarkable move. China was able to complete the construction of the navigation system network in such a short period of time, mainly because we have suffered setbacks in this area.
«——【·China suffers because of GPS·】——»
When it comes to the challenges posed by GPS to China, the 1993 Milky Way incident cannot be overlooked.
At that time, the mainland's Yinhe freighter sailed from Tianjin to the Middle East, and it was supposed to be a normal trade activity, but unexpectedly, just half a month after its departure, the United States suddenly issued an international claim that China's Yinhe freighter was carrying raw materials for making biological and chemical weapons in containers destined for Iran, so it sent warships and warplanes to monitor the Yinhe.
At the same time, however, the mainland said that since the United States claimed that the mainland's cargo ships contained raw materials for making biological and chemical weapons, it would ask the United States to produce evidence.
However, the United States ignored China and directly sent a warship to intercept the Yinhe and asked to board the ship for inspection.
Seeing that the United States behaved so badly, the mainland did not agree to the United States' inspection proposal, but unexpectedly, the United States saw that the Galaxy did not cooperate with itself, so it directly turned off the GPS, you must know that for sea navigation, the direction is very important, but the United States has now turned off the GPS, and this has led to the fact that the Galaxy cannot distinguish the direction at all, and there is no way, so the mainland has no choice but to agree to the request of the United States to inspect.
However, the mainland also put forward a demand, that is, to supervise the US personnel to prevent the US personnel from acting in secret, and in this way the United States launched a comprehensive inspection of the Chinese cargo ship, but after some inspection, no trace of dangerous goods was found. However, the United States did not leave there, but towed the Galaxy to a nearby port and inspected it in more detail, but there were still no dangerous goods.
However, the United States did not want to give up like this, so it wanted to open all the containers for inspection, and the United States' behavior of gaining an inch was also opposed by the mainland, but the mainland agreed to the American inspection in order to end it as soon as possible, but during the inspection also made the United States suffer, and in the end the United States still did not check out dangerous goods. Seeing this, the mainland also protested against the United States and demanded that the United States apologize for the incident.
Although China finally proved its innocence, but this is also a great shame for China, and at the same time, after this incident, it is also for us to understand the threat of GPS to us, once the United States turns off GPS, it will undoubtedly cause great trouble to our production and life, so in order to get rid of the dependence on GPS, the mainland also launched the construction of the Beidou system in 1994.
«——[The United States spreads rumors about China's Beidou·]——»
With the increasing maturity of the Beidou system, the United States also felt threatened, so on April 8, the United States also published an article about China's Beidou system in "Space News Network".
In this article, the United States also directly praised China's Beidou system, and then the United States said that GPS has lagged behind the Beidou system, and identified the Beidou system as our biggest threat.
Coincidentally, in January this year, a group called the U.S.-China Special Committee on Strategic Competition also sent a letter to the U.S. government, in which the special committee proposed sanctions against a Chinese communications technology company, accusing it of allegedly providing assistance to China's military industry.
And this is not the first time that the United States has targeted China, since the United States has sensed China's development potential, it has begun to suppress China. Whether it is the previous trade war or the blockade of science and technology, it shows that the United States wants to strangle China in the cradle.
For a long time, the United States has been a leader in various fields, and all countries have admired its high technology and relied on it deeply. The same is true for China.
Over time, China has come to realize the importance of independence and self-reliance, and has been actively promoting its own development. However, this move worries the United States and obstructs it by various means.
The talk about China's Beidou system this time is actually the same as many previous targeted behaviors, which are nothing more than "threat theories" concocted to prevent China's development.
Information sources:
Global Network - "Space News Network" in the United States: "Beidou" Makes GPS Lose Dominance
China.com - "Worried that Beidou will surpass GPS, Americans want to regain their position, but the next generation of Beidou is not only navigation and positioning"
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Newspaper - Why Has China's Beidou Become a World-Class Satellite Navigation System?