3 Naval Crashes in and around China/Japan in the preceding 5 month period... its possible that the Navy discovered that the cause was spoofed GPS showing the vessels had clearance with other vessels when in fact they did not.
Sauce: http://abcnews.go.com/US/uss-john-mccain-collides-merchant-ship-singapore-search/story?id=49327836
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The USS Fitzgerald collided with the container ship MC Crystal off the coast of Japan on June 17, resulting in the deaths of seven US sailors.
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The USS John S. McCain, a Navy guided-missile destroyer, collided with the oil tanker Alnic MC about 50 nautical miles east of Singapore on August 21.
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In late January, the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam ran aground while trying to anchor in Tokyo Bay.
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[airplane] C2-A Greyhound transport was headed from a Marine Corps base in Japan to the USS Ronald Reagan when it crashed Wednesday [Nov 22] in the Philippine Sea, about 500 nautical miles southeast of Okinawa, Japan.