Not saying this is the case, but shouldn't they still be able to sell them non-weapon/non-military software if they want to?
You do know that Palestinian militants admitted to using Google Earth to determine civilian targets for rocket attacks, right? The Mumbai gunmen? Also used Google Earth in preparation for their attack. While Iran has far more resources than either group, it doesn't have it's own set of satellites, and Google Earth may be a great way to determine coordinates for ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads (for instance).
Though the US sanctions aren't likely to do much. Any general can just go home and look up anything they need on his home computer.
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Not saying this is the case, but shouldn't they still be able to sell them non-weapon/non-military software if they want to?
You do know that Palestinian militants admitted to using Google Earth to determine civilian targets for rocket attacks, right? The Mumbai gunmen? Also used Google Earth in preparation for their attack. While Iran has far more resources than either group, it doesn't have it's own set of satellites, and Google Earth may be a great way to determine coordinates for ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads (for instance).
Though the US sanctions aren't likely to do much. Any general can just go home and look up anything they need on his home computer.