2005, July

China is cooperating with a consortium of European industries in the development of the Beidou geopositioning system to become independent of the current GPS system controlled by the United States of America.

Literature:

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (2006): Current and Future Space Security. China: Military Programs. Web Site.

External Web Links:

http://cns.miis.edu/search97cgi/s97_cgi?action=View&VdkVgwKey=..%2F..%2Fcnsweb%2Fhtdocs%2Fresearch%2Fspace%2Fchina%2Fmil.htm&queryzip=china&Collection=CNS+Web+Site