A while ago I wrote a MindBullet called BIG GOOGLE IS WATCHING YOU about every camera phone becoming a webcam. Well, some of that scenario is already being reported in this news item from New Scientist:
China’s new submarine spotted on Google Earth
A shiny new ballistic-missile submarine docked at a naval base in China has been spied publicly for the first time using Google Earth.
The new class of nuclear sub, called the Jin-class, had been rumoured to exist for some time, but the image recently uploaded to Google Earth is the first public glimpse of the vessel.
For the past 20 years, China has maintained one ballistic-missile submarine, the Xia-class. However, it has suffered from technical problems and has never been deployed on a deterrent patrol, which involves arming the sub and sending it out to hide for long periods in the oceans.
