I seem to recall in the early days of Google Earth this was common. Famously IIRC the Naval Observatory in DC was a very obvious blurred out circle. (I believe

I seem to recall in the early days of Google Earth this was common. Famously IIRC the Naval Observatory in DC was a very obvious blurred out circle. (I believe the VP lives there?) But in more recent times it’s become harder to find these. Personally I don’t see why it would be that surprising in the early days that military would ask for sensitive sites to be removed. It’s not to defend against Russian or Chinese threats. But states or groups that do not have their own satellite imaging. As satellite imaginng has become so common and accessible they seem to have re-evaluated the risk.