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Google has come under fire for compromising the national security of the United States with satellite images of secret military bases.
Originally posted by ShadowLink
Wouldn't the same hold true for revealing secrets of potential enemy countries?
Besides, I doubt Google shows anything that said potential enemy satellites haven't already picked up!
Originally posted by steveknows
Google has come under fire for compromising the national security of the United States with satellite images of secret military bases.
au.news.yahoo.com...
And I think they should. It seems that when it comes to common sense Google doesn't have a google of it.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
Originally posted by steveknows
Google has come under fire for compromising the national security of the United States with satellite images of secret military bases.
au.news.yahoo.com...
And I think they should. It seems that when it comes to common sense Google doesn't have a google of it.
I have noticed that the focus always seems to be on the US. I would like to see the people with the eagle eyes that finds this stuff work their magic on Russia or China.
The general public was able to use Google's Maps program to search for the bases, and then zoom in to see airstrips and "possible top-secret military drones", according to reports.
"The discovery of a hidden airstrip at Yucca Lake in Nevada, which is used for testing the R-170 drones similar to the one lost in Iran last week, has raised further concern," Britain's Daily Mail said.
Retired Air Force colonel Cedric Leighton said Iranians would be "most interested in operational bases because that tells them how we fly our surveillance missions".
"Google is making public what was once the sole province of the military and intelligence community, making this a brave new world for the intel agencies as well," he told Fox News.
Col. Leighton said that although Google had the right to show the images to the public, they should opt not to because they comprised military operations.