Oops: China’s new nuclear sub caught on Google Earth

A commercial satellite image appears to have captured China's new nuclear ballistic Jin-class (Type 094) attack sub recently and it's been published by Google Earth. According to the Strategic Security Blog, the new submarine was photographed by the commercial Quickbird satellite in late 2006 and the image is freely available on the Google Earth web site. Not in our backyard: the sub was moored at the Xiaopingdao Submarine Base south of Dalian, approximately 193 miles north of Qingdao, at 38°49'4.40"N, 121°29'39.82"E. Thanks to Kai the Security Guy for this post.