Citing Google Earth, China's PLA calls secrecy 'deciding factor' in winning war
The newspaper of the Chinese military reported last week that greater secrecy is needed to avoid assisting foreign precision targeting efforts such as those provided by Google Earth online maps.
The PLA Daily called for hiding the locations and names of sensitive PLA operational units and training bases.
“In a certain sense, secrecy is the primary deciding factor of victory or loss in war,” the report said, noting that the former Soviet Union intentionally mislabeled military facilities on maps to limit German bombing during World War II.
PLA calls for increased secrecy measures to offset intrusive foreign technologies, such as Google Earth
The newspaper of the Chinese military reported last week that greater secrecy is needed to avoid assisting foreign precision targeting efforts such as those provided by Google Earth online maps.
The PLA Daily called for hiding the locations and names of sensitive PLA operational units and training bases.
The report called for stepped up secrecy education and stricter military information management.
“Thus it is necessary to have a robust military information management mechanism where the relevant military departments will conduct unified management of military information in the same place,” the report said.
“For example, the U.S. has already strengthened the management of Internet publication of satellite photos, and they have placed strict restrictions on the resolutions at which satellite pictures that involve U.S. territory and waters can be made.”
