GPS spoofing to redirect drones also corrupts GPS for friendly vehicles within the radius

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GPS spoofing broadcasts a stronger fake GPS signal to trick a drone into flying to a wrong location, but affects every GPS receiver within the spoofing radius (500m-5km), meaning friendly vehicles, precision munitions, and civilian aircraft all receive corrupted position data simultaneously. In one documented incident, GPS spoofing near a Russian military base shifted commercial aircraft positions by 25+ nautical miles. This persists because GPS is a one-way broadcast protocol with no authentication at the receiver level -- there is no way to broadcast a fake signal that only affects hostile drones. Military M-code receivers are protected, but all civilian receivers remain vulnerable.

Evidence

https://c4ads.org/reports/above-us-only-stars/

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