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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (11602)9/12/2006 5:19:29 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Respond to of 14758
 
Armchair sleuths uncover strange military sites in China

kentucky.com

Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky) ^ | September 11, 2006 | Tim Johnson
YINCHUAN, China - Tech-savvy armchair sleuths around the world are having a field day discovering military secrets in China. Three times in the past few months, they've stumbled across unusual military installations using Internet programs that allow those online to view satellite and aerial images of the world. In the most recent find, users spotted an underwater submarine tunnel off China's Hainan Island. They've also found a mock-up of a Taiwanese air base in China's remote western desert. In a bizarre discovery, a computer technician in Germany noticed a huge and startlingly accurate terrain model in northwest China that replicates...