The US was secretly flying unmanned drones from the Shamsi airbase in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan as early as 2006, according to an image of the base from Google Earth.The image that is no longer on the site but which was obtained by The News, Pakistan's English language daily newspaper shows what appear to be three Predator drones outside a hangar at the end of the runway. The Times also obtained a copy of the image, whose co-ordinates confirm that it is the Shamsi airfield, also known as Bandari, about 200 miles southwest of the Pakistani city of Quetta.
News source: Times Online
Again I am only speaking of military bases and airfields. All other areas are fair game.
These satellite images can reveal troop and equipment build up or deployment and show a vulnerability to a source that wouldn't otherwise be able to find such data. Yes large countries that have spy satellites can easily see everything here. But a terrorist organization with not a lot of capital can now see the entire structure and layout of restricted facilities.
not exactly secret.
I don't see anything wrong with showing military bases on google maps. They shows ours bright as day but don't have street view in them because it's private. Only reason why they shouldn't is if they have something to hide which is illegal ?
Leave Michael Phelps out of this.
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