there is a reason that the EU built their own GPS system even though the USA one was "free"
> One of the aims of Galileo is to provide an independent high-precision positioning system so European political and military authorities do not have to rely on the United States GPS or the Russian GLONASS systems, which could be disabled or degraded by their operators at any time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation_system)
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