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Vandenberg AFB Missile Launches
Anonymous Coward writes "Hi All: My Space Archive web site covers the activities of Vandenberg AFB, a military and civilian spaceport on California's central coast. After several weeks of work, I have finished extensively revising and expanding the Viewing Vandenberg AFB Launches page on my site. I've been observing and photographing these launches for several years. Some are visible over much of the western U.S., but there is little information about them. As far as I know, this is the only article ever written on observing these launches. Regards, Brian Webb"
I wonder if the author will find himself being tailed by suited guys in cars from now on....
He should. How many countries would want this data? Rhetorical question: everyone. So even if he has naive intentions, this needs to be investigated because of possible impacts.
Indeed. Just like kite flying should be illegal because it can give clues about wind that can help enemies aim artilery (should be "artillery"). Asking about and reporting on $4000 hammers is also sensitive, because it can let the enemy know we're buying hammers.
You're making a mistake of classification. You think it should be all one way or another, as evidence by your arguments on kites and hammers. Reporting on hammers purchased by the grounds crew of the Capitol building isn't sensitive. But perhaps the purchasing of hammers designed for repair of stealth bombers by an air base in Thule, Greenland lets people know that the U.S. plans to operate stealth bombers through there. That is sensitive. So, in closing, you can't make blanket statements such as your argument(s).