Needless to say, it’s not just Israel that is having its secrets exposed by Google Earth. The Federation of American Scientists, which is one of the premier sources for military data of all kinds, has been doing some pretty sophisticated sat photo analysis on their Strategic Security Blog. Yesterday, they published new Google Earth photos of two Chinese ballistic missile submarines and provided extensive analysis.
Also check out this blogger at IMINT & Analysis, who has listed hundreds of coordinates for SAM Missile batteries he’s found around the world using Google Earth. With the date he’s acquired, he has written up detailed analyses of Iran and Syria’s air defense systems.
Both are remarkable examples of the sort of advanced intelligence that is now available to laypeople.
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