GPS satellites

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Ash Carter · across every show →

Everything said about GPS satellites, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
DoD will soon stop launching traditional GPS satellites
“Pretty soon we'll, I won't be launching any more of those satellites.”
Ash Carter Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:18 a16z Podcast | Government, Startups, & Innovation -- with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
Nov 18, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Destroying fewer than 10 GPS satellites could cripple Western infrastructure
“There are like less than 50 GPS satellites, and all of those can be shot out of the air pretty easily, and all that's preventing, you know, some adversary doing that and basically collapsing Western civilization in one fell swoop, taking out, you know, less th…”
Chris Power Nov 18, 2022 ▶ 20:03 The Factory of the Future with Chris Power
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