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Australian academics have pointed to dangers that Antarctic bases are for the first time being militarised, despite the continent officially being called a land of peace and science.
Satellite systems at polar bases could be used to control offensive weapons, according to a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and little could be done to prevent it due to the loose nature of the Antarctic Treaty rules.
The report highlights a Chinese base inland in the Australian Antarctic Territory for its satellite intelligence gathering potential and also flags Iran's recent interest in establishing a polar presence.
Abuses of the treaty's strict controls on any use of military personnel are said to have already occurred with many countries not reporting their use in Antarctica, while Australia is neglecting to use defence assets there.
Read more: www.smh.com.au... html#ixzz2iLIfcCGy
qmantoo
Even now in 2014, Google has not updated the image
See in Google here
Rather than send some expedition, why not get a Kickstarter project going to capture a Digital Globe image of the area as it is today?
My recent thread for crowd sourced DG satellite images