US Army’s most SECRET bases around the world revealed on Google Maps

INTERNET sleuths have used open-source intelligence to locate over 600 Army bases around the world.

From remote Nevada to the Marshall Islands, the US Army blankets the world in military outposts - and secrets.

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In 2013, data artist developed a project that sought to pull back the curtain on what some of the censored bases look like.

In the years since, more and more bases have been photographed and posted to the internet.

While they don't always reveal anything suspicious, the aggregation of bases shows the sheer vastness of the military's reach.

Google Maps has comprehensively scanned  of the world - including those owned by the military.

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Bucholz Army Airfield

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Bucholz Army Airfield looks like a tropical vacation site.

But the site was actually host to some of the most explosive nuclear tests in history - the 67 nuclear bomb tests on the site have caused many environmental problems for the small patch of islands.

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Naval Communication Station Holt

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Found on the West Coast of Australia, this image gets its iconic kaleidoscope pattern from the wires strung across the communication towers.

Each line extending to and from a point is a line of transmission wire, making a spiderwebbing pattern visible from above.

Mount Weather

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Mount Weather is the government's apocalypse getaway in Virginia.

The site is designed to house just 2,000 Army personnel, with private sleeping quarters designated for the president, the president's cabinet and the Supreme Court.

Yucca Lake Airfield

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The lack of buildings and accommodations doesn't make this Nevada site less lethal.

Reporting from found that Yucca Lake Airfield is a home for unmanned air vehicle (UAV) testing - drones like the Pilatus PC-12 were suspected to be analyzed at this remote airstrip.

Hawthorne Army Depot

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In the sandy expanse of the Nevada drylands, US Military personnel train for desert combat.

Resorting to Hawthorne is an indication of a military conflict reaching scale - the site stores ammunitions that are to be deployed 30 days after a war has started.

Volkel Air Base

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The Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands was once controlled by the Nazi regime's Luftwaffe.

Now in friendly hands, both Dutch and US forces are stationed on-site.

Abu Ghraib

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This prison in Iraq was the site of horrific torture against suspected terrorists by US Military guards.

The photos from inside the prison tell the real story of Abu Ghraib while the outside shows how intensely walled the site is.

Raven Rock Mountain Complex

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Vice President Dick Cheney was taken to Raven Rock in Pennsylvania during the chaos of 9/11 to keep him separate from then-President George W Bush.

The site is featured as the new emergency government quarters in the video game series Fallout - tracking with its true purpose and "little Pentagon" monicker.

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Google has voluntarily provided on hundreds of Army bases within US borders in an effort to be transparent.

But satellite monitors like Begley and others were able to compile scores of images that the wider public wasn't looking for - or meant to be aware of.