The construction of the model compound as of February 15, 2011

Just yesterday we reported on the fact that Apple Maps had exposed a Taiwanese military facility. Now, using information contained in a Navy SEAL’s book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, someone found a satellite image on Bing depicting what is surely the training facility used for the assault on bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound in Pakistan.

Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette wrote No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden, recently.

In it, he revealed a lot about the mission that ultimately saw the demise of Osama bin Laden.

Something else he mentioned was this: SEAL Team Six trained on a replica compound at a secret site in North Carolina.

Then, someone had a look for it on Bing Maps and focussed on images of Harvey Point Defense Testing in North Carolina, a CIA training facility.

They found the image above.

Then it was compared with the image below, an image from Google, and of the actual compound:

And then it was compared with this image from Google Earth, showing that the facility had served its purpose:

Speaking of maps, why not have a look at the interactive map that the Mail and Guardian has put together on their website displaying some of the amenities around President JZ’s Zumaville.

[Source: DailyMail]