Some of Taiwan’s most sensitive military sites – including its facilities for the US-made Patriot missiles – have been accidentally revealed through Google’s latest enhanced maps. Photo: CNA
China /  Military

Taiwan’s darkest military secrets revealed by Google Maps

  • Enhanced 3-D maps leave nothing to the imagination including Patriot missile base
  • Defence minister appeals for calm
Topic |   Taiwan
Lawrence Chung
Lawrence Chung

Updated: 4:11am, 16 Feb, 2019

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Some of Taiwan’s most sensitive military sites – including its facilities for the US-made Patriot missiles – have been accidentally revealed through Google’s latest enhanced maps. Photo: CNA
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Lawrence Chung

Lawrence Chung

Lawrence Chung covers major news in Taiwan, ranging from presidential and parliament elections to killer earthquakes and typhoons. Most of his reports focus on Taiwan’s relations with China, specifically on the impact and possible developments of cross-strait relations under the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party and mainland-friendly Kuomintang governments. Before starting work at the South China Morning Post in 2006, he wrote for Reuters and AFP for more than 12 years.