Wednesday, June 2, 2010

India Expanding Military Nuclear Site

Google Earth recently posted satellite imagery from GeoEye taken on March 3, 2010 of the Rare Materials Plant (RMP) in India.  


This is the site of India’s military gas centrifuge uranium enrichment program.  In the new imagery, initial excavation and construction of a large building or buildings can be seen.  While the construction is in its early stages in this image, the size of the building or buildings to be constructed indicates that these will be large industrial buildings.  A DigitalGlobe satellite image from 2005 shows the same area as undeveloped with several adjacent pond. More >>>