Google Maps Reveals Taiwan's Most Sensitive Military Sites

Some of Taiwan’s most sensitive military sites – including its facilities for the US-made Patriot missiles – have been accidentally revealed through Google’s latest enhanced maps. Photo: CNA

SCMP: Taiwan’s darkest military secrets revealed by Google Maps

* Enhanced 3-D maps leave nothing to the imagination including Patriot missile base
* Defence minister appeals for calm

Some of Taiwan’s most sensitive military sites – including its facilities for the US-made Patriot missiles – have been accidentally revealed to the public through Google’s latest 3D-rendered maps.

Lawmakers have demanded contingency plans to prevent the secret locations being targeted by Beijing in the event of a cross-strait conflict, while the self-ruled island’s defence minister has appealed for calm.

Google’s new 3-D maps – an extension of its original satellite mapping of the world’s major cities – feature better imagery and three-dimensional terrain for four major cities in Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, and Taichung, according to Google Earth.

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WNU Editor: If Google Maps knows where these sites are, I am sure Chinese intelligence also knows where these sites are.