With Google Earth, defense analysts spot North Korea missile sites

Brendan from Radio Open Source says, "Colin, an intern here, was poking around North Korea on Google Earth and discovered that defense analysts -- active duty and retired -- are identifying missile installations and sub bases flagged by civilians. From a retired Army satellite analyst..."
There are areas in several countries that have been left at low resolution at the request of the countries affected for security purposes. Since the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea [N Korea] is a secretive state that does not have regular contact with the rest of the world, they have not requested any areas to be excluded.
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