Sunday, November 17, 2013

Moscow to USA using Russian GPS On American Soil

In another monumental stoopid move by this administration, I recently read that the Obama State Department is considering allowing the Russian space agency Roscosmos to set up "monitoring stations" on American soil.  These monitoring stations the Russians contend would significantly improve the accuracy and reliability of Moscow's version of the Global Positioning System (GPS).

They fear that these structures could help Russia spy on the United States and improve the precision of Russian weaponry, the official said.  These monitor stations, the Russians contend, would significantly improve the accuracy and reliability of Moscow's version of the Global Positioning System, the American satellite network that steers guided missiles to their targets and thirsty smartphone users to the nearest Starbucks!

The Russian efforts is part of a larger global race buy several countries including China and European Union nations to perfect their own global positioning systems and challenge the dominance of the American GPS.  But for the State Department to permit Russia to build the stations would help mend the Obama administrations's relationship with the government of President Vladimir Putin, now at nadir because of Moscow's granting asylum to Mr. Snowden and it's backing of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.

However the CIA and other American spy agencies, as well as the Pentagon, suspect that the monitor stations would give the Russians a foothold on American soil  that would sharpen the accuracy of Moscow's satellite-steered weapons.  The stations they believe could also give the Russians an opening to snoop on the United States within it's borders.  DUH!

Does this sound close to the story of the trojan horse?  And do you like the idea of allowing these "stations" on U.S. soil?



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