At the command post for GLONASS management in the Titov Main Space Testing Center in the city of Krasnoznamensk in the Moscow region (Reuters / Sergey Pyatakov)
Daily Mail: 911 emergency call system could soon be routed through RUSSIAN satellites, giving Putin's government the power to snoop and interfere with first responders
* Russia's own GPS system covers more ground than US satellites, so wireless phone companies want to leverage it to help locate 911 callers
* Rep. Mike Rogers, an Alabama Republican, is furious and says the move could give signals intelligence to an antagonistic Russian Federation
* 'GLONASS' is a Russian satellite network that has been able to see the whole planet since 1995
* Part of its software crashed for a half-day last April, generating navigation signals that were off by as much as 50 kilometers
WNU Editor: The surprising thing about this story is that U.S. operators are admitting that Russia's Glosnass system functions better than the existing U.S. GPS network.
More News On Growing Objections To A Proposal That Will Take U.S. 911 Calls And Have Them Routed Through Russian Satellites
FCC weighs plan to use Russian satellite network for 911 system, raising security concerns -- FOX News
Congress alarmed by plans to use Russian system to route 911 calls -- RT
U.S. Representatives Slam Plan to Run Emergency Calls Through Russian Satellites -- Moscow Times
US Emergency Services to Depend On Russian Satellites? -- Sputnik
Proposal to Use Russian Satellites for 911 Calls Under Fire -- Newsmax
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