North Korea fires long-range missile landing near Japan, capable of reaching mainland US

SEOUL/TOKYO, Nov 18 - North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday that Japanese officials said had sufficient range to reach the mainland of the United States and that landed just 200 kilometres (130 miles) off Japan. The key question is whether North Korea is continuing to rely on US GPS navigational signal, in its newest intertial guidance systems, or whether Kim has decided to risk an entirely self-contained IMS (Inertial Management System).

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GPS Satellite Navigation: Supporting Northcom & NORAD with early warning & intelligence

The US is such an altruisitic nation that in the spirit of global sharing and flight safety, it long ago made its GPS navigational signal free to use by anyone, anywhere in the world. But as with any gift or resource, this gesture of kindness was soon exploited by US enemies - China, Russia, North Korea and Iran - and terrorists worldwide. And now the challenge is to lock out such unwanted users, before more humanitarian tragedy occurs.

Because as we warned NorthCom in the weeks preceding the attack on the Ukraine, Russia was using older missiles and jets that we knew relied on US GPS to launch, fly, find a target, and evade countermeasures.

We continue to be a world thought leader and engineering influencer in the race to lock out US and NATO enemies and terrorists from US, European, and commercial space and satellite (or other) navigational systems used by enemies to attack helpless civilians.

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Cyber & Satellite Security

In space, satellite, and related navigational solutions, it's all about signal integrity and device isolation. We were among the first to prove the concept of device isolation and control on a navigational network.

Global Navigational Networks

The key to US and NATO future national security and our ability to succeed in any military conflict will continue to depend heavily on US control over global navigational signal, or alternatives. And if the US does not

Gyroscope Destabalization

Glide-phase intercept defense is unworkable in the near term. Interceptors have never been a 100% perfect defense, and in a nuclear or ICBM strike we need 100% reliability. Alternative, pre-boost defensive measures are therefore critical.