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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
They can use an IMU and computers to get pretty darn close even without GPS or the Russian system Glonass.

https://www.quora.com/How-many-countries-have-their-own-GPS-system

There are other regional GPS like systems.
There have been several NOTAMs out west to do with GPS and I would venture a guess that they are testing the ability to "alter" other peoples GPS in case of war.

That said, smart money would be using an inertial based guidance as a backup.
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