USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
(Seoul, South Korea)
Looks like some shutterbugs might have tipped off North Korea that the U.S. Navy's USS Nimitz was headed into South Korean waters.It appears that the Internet, coupled with satellite data, has made it virtually impossible for military movements to be kept secret.
On Sunday, North Korea's state-run media agency mentioned the aircraft carrier in a news release, a day before it was first reported in the South Korean media.
According to some South Korean media reports, U.S. and South Korean military officials initially feared a phone tap, intelligence leak or hacked email account might be to blame.
Instead, it looks like a South Korea camera club's website was the real culprit.
Over the weekend, the camera club announced that an aircraft carrier would arrive in Busan on May 11, and that people were needed to drive American sailors around after its arrival, a South Korea Ministry of National Defense said.
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Certainly not the only way they could have found out. Lots of fishing boats out there and they talk on the radio about everything, including passing bird farms.
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