Pentagon Denies GPS to Taliban — ‘ “We have demonstrated the ability to selectively deny GPS signals on a regional basis, particularly … when our national security is threatened,” said Lt. Jeremy Eggers, a spokesman at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. That’s home to the 50th Space Wing, which oversees GPS.

That would mean only military GPS receivers — in planes, ships and in the hands of U.S. special forces — would work within the targeted area.

Eggers wouldn’t say if a selective denial would be precise enough to hit just Afghanistan, or if neighboring nations like Pakistan and Uzbekistan would be affected too. He’d only say that the “region can be very well defined.” ‘ Wired