Google Earth Uncovers Secret UK Nuke Base

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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It's not secret (see Wikipedia)

[Jamamala]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNB_Clyde

HMNB Clyde is home to the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear deterrent.

every piece of this story is wrong

[petes_PoV]

Faslane has been known and talked about for decades. It was "made famous" when the british navy started getting Trident missiles for it's nuclear submarines - the BBC among others regualrly reported on the protests at "... the Faslane nuclear base ..."

Even when you get up there, it's presence is announced by the miles of razor-wire and notices telling people to keep out.

This is a second rate piece of sensationalist reporting, by people who do know better, but have such a low regard for their readers, that they think we're all stupid.

As it is, the UK has a far more effective way of concealing it's bases from Google Earth - why do you think it's cloudy for 99% of the time?