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Using Google Earth, Japan Mistakenly Rejects Aegis Sites

Bradley Perrett June 11, 2019

BEIJING—Japanese officials rejected possible locations for an Aegis Ashore battery because they relied on Google Earth in making the assessments while misunderstanding the scaling presented by the free satellite imagery service. In choosing a site for the $1.1 billion system, vital for defense...

Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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