North Korea may use Beidou system to attack, Seoul fears
5 August 2014
After North Korea sent a delegation to China to learn how to use the Beidou Navigation System (BDS), South Korea is worried how the satellite system may be used by the Korean People's Army in any potential war, according to the Seoul-based Dong-a Ilbo.
Nineteen experts from eight Asian countries–Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea and Pakistan–were recently invited to a satellite operation center in Hebei province in northern China to receive training on how to operate the BDS.
By October, 2012, China had already put 16 satellites into orbit for the global positioning system. BDS is therefore able to provide services to all nations in the Asia-Pacific region. NEWSPIM, a Seoul-based website, reported that BDS has been installed in 10,000 taxicabs in Bangkok. With this satellite system, the People's Liberation Army is able to conduct precision strikes against military targets in the region as well.
A Chinese military expert told the state-run Global Times that there is nothing China can do to prevent North Korea from using the BDS in military operations against the South. The expert said, however, that GPS had been used by the North Korean drones to conduct reconnaissance flights into the airspace of South Korea earlier this year, suggesting that Pyongyang will do what it wants with either system.
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Nineteen experts from eight Asian countries–Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea and Pakistan–were recently invited to a satellite operation center in Hebei province in northern China to receive training on how to operate the BDS.
By October, 2012, China had already put 16 satellites into orbit for the global positioning system. BDS is therefore able to provide services to all nations in the Asia-Pacific region. NEWSPIM, a Seoul-based website, reported that BDS has been installed in 10,000 taxicabs in Bangkok. With this satellite system, the People's Liberation Army is able to conduct precision strikes against military targets in the region as well.
A Chinese military expert told the state-run Global Times that there is nothing China can do to prevent North Korea from using the BDS in military operations against the South. The expert said, however, that GPS had been used by the North Korean drones to conduct reconnaissance flights into the airspace of South Korea earlier this year, suggesting that Pyongyang will do what it wants with either system.
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