The Russian government declassified the Earth-sensing data received from civilian domestic and foreign satellites according to the Russian legislation. The Russian government said Friday it will provide public access to previously classified Earth-sensing data received from domestic and foreign satellites.
"The Earth-sensing data received from civilian domestic and foreign satellites are no longer considered state secrets and it will be open to public access in line with the Russian legislation," the government said in a statement posted on its legal database portal.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Buck Feta on Monday December 29 2014, @03:27PM
> Earth-sensing data
Don't leave us in suspense. Is it still there?
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(Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday December 29 2014, @04:56PM
Of nefarious master-mind and surviving Hitler-clone, Vladmir Putin.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 29 2014, @07:11PM
aka Putler
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Freeman on Monday December 29 2014, @07:29PM
They realized Google Maps was already better than what they had, so they "released" their classified material.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday December 29 2014, @09:32PM
More to the point they released Google's material.
Earth-sensing data received from civilian domestic and foreign satellites
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What's not clear is if the highest resolutions possible with some of the Digital Globe sats are now available via Russian sources, when these same products are still secret from the US sources. Last I heard, the US signed a contract for sole possession of the very clearest high-resolution photos from many if not all the US/EU based satellite photo companies.
Maybe this doesn't even cover photos. Perhaps only weather and such.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @12:47AM
Extremely serious warning from Russia. Forget red phones. Everything goes with them if the USA does not stop. If they let the trigger go the deception stops. Many are looking at the same Russian area to discover what could be so important forcing everyone to secrecy. Shocking action. Russia trying to avoid global nuclear war but I do not know if it is good.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @01:19AM
A Jedi Master, no sense he makes. To express himself more clearly learn he must. Strong, strong is the way of the syntax, a powerful enemy of the darkness.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @05:50PM
Everything goes with them if the USA does not stop
I am thinking most of what you need is already found on 'maps.google.com'.
Declassifying is just one less headache for them. Maintaining secrecy is exppeeeensive and in this case gained them very little.
Once the CIA/FBI/NSA get their heads out of their ass and stop looking for a boogymen around every corner I expect the same from them. They were well on their way before 9/11. Things are just reverting back to norms. People seem to think everything radically changes. It doesnt, its not like the movies. It takes years and slowly changes. Take for example the american revolution. That was not a radical change. It was basically the americans writing down what they were doing already in practice. They kicked out the ceremony of bowing to the crown. Even if england had won not much would have changed (look at canada).
Shocking action
The only thing that is shocking is considering how secretive they are and they decided 'fuck it, lets stop farting around with this'. That is the only thing shocking. All of their 'enemies' already have this info (either by theft of sensing it themselves). They are basically propping the barn door open. They are probably hoping someone like google will put it up for free and organize it for them.