China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System acts a force multiplier for military

China’s claims of high-accuracy positioning, precise navigation and timing services may be influencing countries to replace GPS with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System or BDS, but the Chinese system comes with risks of espionage, surveillance and coercion, posing a threat to global security.

Unlike other global navigation networks, BDS is a two-way communication system. This means it can identify locations of receivers and transmit data back to satellites, ET has learnt from China watchers.