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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Virtual Earth image reveals Trident sub's secret propeller

Throughout the Cold War, satellite and spy-plane imagery of military sites was the sort of information that could start or stop a war or spawn a weapons race. Only people with the highest security clearances got to see those photos.

Today, much of that same information is just a computer keystroke away.

Global-information companies such as Google and Microsoft provide millions of regular folks a bird's-eye view of everything from U.S. military installations to their own backyards.

Read more ( Original image @ Live Search Maps )
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