How Online Clues Located North Korea's Missile-Launcher Factories

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @05:13AM from the follow-the-contrails-backwards dept.

itwbennett writes "It all started with a parade through Pyongyang on April 15, 2012, held to commemorate the birthday of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung. At this parade, one thing had analysts buzzing: six mobile launchers carrying KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missiles. Bloggers in China quickly noted the similarities between the trucks and those used by the Chinese military, right down to the shape of the windows and the grille pattern. It's the stuff of spy thrillers. A few seconds of video, literature, a couple of memoirs and Google Earth helped locate a secret North Korean military plant — and using none of the classified tools of the intelligence trade."

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Re:Can They Locate Slashdot Users?? by Calydor · 2014-02-11 05:33 · Score: 4, Funny

There's a comment boycott going on to protest the Beta. It's a step up from the flood of Fuck Beta comments.

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Next steps by sunking2 · 2014-02-11 07:18 · Score: 3, Funny

Launch some missiles at it, wait for reports to come in on N.K.s largest indoor wedding reception hall being destroyed.