MonsterMaritime | Maritime Community, Knowledgebase, News and Chandlery » Blog Archive » The amazing things that you can find on the internet…This photo shows the USS Georgia coming out of the water to be serviced. Note the shroud over the propeller to keep it from being photographed. Now, click on this link to be taken to the Sub Base at Bangor, Washington. MonsterMaritime | Maritime Community, Knowledgebase, News and Chandlery » Blog Archive » The amazing things that you can find on the internet…Navy Secret Exposed by Microsoft's MapsThis photo shows the USS Georgia coming out of the water to be serviced. Note the shroud over the propeller to keep it from being photographed. Now, click on this link to be taken to the Sub Base at Bangor, Washington. ( 14 ) blogged about the find and linked to the Virtual Earth photo (Virtual Earth Exposes Nuclear Sub's Secret)NewsCloud alerts us to a story a few months old that has been getting a lot of play recently. A Seattle blogger, Dan Twohig, was browsing in Microsoft's Virtual Earth when he accidentally came across a photo of a nuclear sub in dry-dock. Its propeller is clearly visible — this was a major no-no on the part of someone at the Bangor Sub Base. The designs of such stealth propellers have been secret for decades. Twohig blogged about the find and linked to the Virtual Earth photo on July 2. The debate about security vs. Net-accessible aerial photography has been building ever since. The story was picked up on military.china.com on Aug. 17 — poetic justice for the Chinese sub photo that had embarrassed them a month before. On Aug. 20 the Navy Times published the article that most mainstream media have picked up in their more recent coverage. Twohig's blog is the best source to follow the ongoing debate. No one has asked Microsoft, Google, or anyone else to blur the photo in question. Kind of late now. ( 64 ) An interesting blog entry showing how you can see all sorts ...US Submarines are designed for speed and stealth. The most critical part of the secret is to keep the propeller design hidden. However, this was recently photographed by Microsoft's Virtual Earth... ( 2 ) - 3 Sep 2007, 5:22am in it, security, and 0709sep |
