In an previous post by fredegar on Amillary Observations, it was revealed that an image of a Jin-class ballistic-missile submarine was available on Google Earth.
Now it is the United States Navy’s turn. There is now an image of the propeller on an Ohio-Class ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) on Microsoft’s Live Search.
The image was originally reported at MonsterMaritime. The Navy Times reported on the problems raised by this image. The Department of Defense replied:
“It is not DoD’s policy, nor do we have the legal
authority, to request or demand the degrading of commercial imagery
(aerial or satellite) hosted on Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual
Earth,” he said in an e-mail. “DoD is not in the business
of censoring information in the public domain.”
Technology continues to challenge us in new and possibly unforeseen ways. Or could it be that the Navy was aware of this imagery and allowed it to be photographed?
yojoe out
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