So why is it presumed that the VOR system cannot fail?

I would assume (and I know the etymology) that VORs fail 1000 square
miles at a time, and GPS fails 3,000,000 square miles at a time. Or,
more to the point, there is more systemic redundancy in the VOR system.

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