Google Earth Uncovers Secret UK Nuke Base

Posted by timothy on Sunday March 8, 2009 @12:20AM from the gentlemen-do-not-read-each-other's-maps dept.

thefickler writes "Gone are the days when governments could easily hide top secret bases. These days it's a weekend pastime to see who can find top secret facilities using Google Earth. Now it's the UK government's turn to be outraged after a secret facility was revealed by a British tabloid. The facility is said to be located in Faslane on the River Clyde in Scotland. This nuclear base was previously blurred out by the request of the British Government. However, with the latest update provided via Google Earth, many of the blurred out locations were accidentally revealed." Update: 3/08 at 14:24 by SS: Multiple readers have pointed out that the issue here is not the location of the base — it's simply that details of buildings and objects within the base (such as the location of a pair of nuclear submarines) are accidentally visible after the UK government specifically requested they be blurred out.

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Re:so secret they have their own public website! by Swampash · 2009-03-08 01:01 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Whoever wrote this "news" story is a fucking idiot and recycling on /. is fucking dumb too.
Two words: kdawson
Security through obscurity.. by LingNoi · 2009-03-08 01:33 · Score: 0, Flamebait

They should really tell you where these places are considering how much they fuck up. The last place I'd want to live is next to a damn nuclear bunker.
Why do we need nukes anyway? How does it possibly help in any terrorist situation? What a completely waste of money.