# Bombing Photo Websites

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-photo-websites/125685>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 26, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-photo-websites/125685 "2002-08-26T21:13:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-photo-websites/125685/1 "2002-08-26T21:13:25Z")

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Hmm, rather strange title. Anyway, here’s my query.

You know those black and white top down satellite images the Pentagon releases sometimes that serve as “before and after” comparisons of bombing raids?

Where can I find an archive (or just mass) of these pictures online, namely from the Persian Gulf War and/or the war in Afghanistan?

Also, is there any website out there that keeps up to date reports on the war in Afghanistan (as opposed to the semi-frequent reports on major news sites)? Much thanks.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-photo-websites/125685/2 "2002-08-26T22:43:31Z")

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Are any of these what you’re looking for, for Part 2?

[http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/sept11/dailyUpdate.html](http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/sept11/dailyUpdate.html)

[http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/134111/](http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/134111/)

[http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLCE/Afghanistan?OpenDocument&StartKey=Afghanistan&Expandview](http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLCE/Afghanistan?OpenDocument&StartKey=Afghanistan&Expandview)  
It was under Google, “war update afghanistan” and “update afghanistan”.

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**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombing-photo-websites/125685/3 "2002-08-26T22:46:31Z")

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Largely, yes. Oddly, I just found a small cache of the pictures I’m looking for. They’re known as “Post-Strike Assessment Photographs” in case anyone was curious. Here are some from Kosovo:

> **[U.S. Department of Defense](https://www.defense.gov/)**
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> The Department of Defense is America's largest government agency. With our military tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times, the department has grown and evolved with our nation.