The Global Positioning System helps power everything from in-car sat navs and smart bombs to bank security and flight control, but its founder has warned that it is more vulnerable to sabotage or disruption than ever before – and politicians and security chiefs are ignoring the risk.
全球定位系统(GPS)被应用在各种各样的设备上，从车载卫星导航仪和智能炸弹，到银行保安装置和飞行控制器，但其创始人警告称，GPS比以往任何时候都更容易受到蓄意破坏和干扰，而政治人士和安全负责人却忽视这一风险。
Impairment of GPS by hostile foreign governments, cyber criminals – or even data-hungry citizens using ever more radio spectrum – has become “a matter of national security,” according to Colonel Bradford Parkinson, regarded as the architect of modern satellite positioning.
被视为现代卫星定位设计师的布拉德•帕金森(Bradford Parkinson)上校表示，敌对国政府、网络罪犯——甚至是越来越多地使用无线频段、渴望获得数据的普通公民——对GPS的损害，已成为一个“国家安全问题”。