One Small Voice

Google has finally agreed to blur the images of the Indian military bases and government sites. But I wonder when Google Earth could penetrate Indian military installations so easily, how about terrorists or enemy countries like China and Pakistan? Our military should be ashamed of the fact that a software company could penetrate it so easily. Instead of asking Google to blur the images, India should have tried to make its military bases more secure so that nobody can penetrate it. Blurring is post processing. So they would be having the images anyway. We can never assure that Google doesn’t use these images for wrong reasons. Anything can happen. China might cut a deal with Google to acquire these images by giving some offers. American Govt. can pressurize Google and get these images. Google is just a software company under the US jurisdiction. It can be pressurized.

Our country’s economy is growing, growing at a better rate than our neighboring countries. It would definitely attract jealousy and hostility from the neighboring countries like Pakistan which are still going deep down to poverty. And China is one of our competitors and it’s a powerful military country. India has to strengthen its defense to counter these countries. India is already a favorite testing spot for terrorists. We can not afford to be weak on the defense front.