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India Forms Expert Group on Google Earth Images
Digital Inspiration writes "According to Yahoo News, the Indian Government, 'concerned over satellite images of its strategic installations being made available in the public domain by internet search engine Google, has decided to constitute an expert group to suggest ways to safeguard the country's interests.' Earlier, The President of India expressed concerns that terrorists could use Google Earth to plan assaults on the Indian parliament, the President's house and government offices in New Delhi, all of which show up clearly in Google Earth's photos. Google Earth has expressed its readiness to have discussions with the Government regarding the issue."
You're absolutely right. A few years ago (I think it was circa-2000), Pakistan "released" a study showing the impact of a nuclear attack on New Delhi or Mumbai and the areas it would affect. It was a chilling report, that was also covered by the Indian-equivalent of Time magazine, India Today. It showed how a few hundred million people would be either dead or permanently maimed and how many square kilometres (sorry, but *normal* people use the metric system) would be affected and for how many years people and land would continue to suffer.
In return, Indian military officials "released" their own study that was summarized as:
If India detonated one nuclear bomb, *anywhere* in Pakistan, it would erase the entire population of the country. *ENTIRE POPULATION*
After that, Pakistan essentially shut up about their nuclear 'prowess'.
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.