According to Russian media reports, China and Russia recently signed a navigation cooperation agreement. China's "Beidou" navigation system and Russia's "Glonas" navigation system successfully "joined hands" and achieved a combination of two swords. According to this cooperation agreement, China and Russia will set up navigation stations in each other's territory, and the "Beidou" navigation station will be located in three cities, Obinsk, Russia, Irkutsk, and , Irkutsk, and , Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka.
and " Glonas " will set up navigation stations in Changchun, Urumqi and Shanghai, China. It is reported that after setting up navigation stations between China and Russia, some users of China and Russia will use each other's navigation systems in their own countries. Russian State Aerospace Corporation President Borisov said in an interview with Chinese media that " Beidou " and "Gronas" join hands will give their respective national navigation users more choices, while improving the accuracy and stability of navigation.
Industry insiders have highly recognized this cooperation. A navigation technology expert said that "Beidou" and "Glonas" rank among the four major navigation systems in the world, and this "hands-in-hand" can be said to be a strong alliance. On the one hand, it is conducive to leveraging the advantages of the two navigation systems; on the other hand, it makes up for their respective shortcomings. "Beidou" and "Glonas" cooperate with each other, which has extremely high commercial and military value. From a commercial perspective, the global navigation market size will exceed 2 trillion yuan by 2030. The cooperation between China and Russia in navigation systems can better explore the international market.
From a military perspective, it will reduce its dependence on the US GPS navigation system to ensure navigation security. In modern warfare, the role of the navigation system is self-evident. Without high-precision navigation, the missile will not be accurate, and the marching will be affected. Although the navigation system plays an important role in a country's national defense and security, for a long time, many countries, including China and Russia, have been restricted by technology and can only choose the US GPS navigation system.
In peacetime, the GPS navigation system can be used normally. Once the relationship between China and Russia deteriorates during wartime or the United States deteriorates, the United States is very likely to use the navigation system to make a big fuss and "bottleneck" against China and Russia. At present, relations between China and the United States and the United States are tense, and there is a possibility of military conflict. If a military conflict breaks out, the United States cuts off the GPS navigation signal, and the consequences will be unimaginable. China and Russia are well aware of the interests of this and must get rid of their dependence on the US GPS navigation system.
Military experts said that the agreement signed this time is only a preliminary cooperation between China and Russia in the field of navigation. In the future, the two countries will discuss deeper cooperation. The forms of cooperation will be more diverse, the content of cooperation will be richer, and more advanced technologies are waiting for China and Russia to explore.
