[unit486]

Quite a few arms control discoveries have been made by civilians using open source satellite imagery. For example, US citizens discovered the massive new missile silo complexes that China has been building. They have identified rocket motor static test burns in Iran,and preparations for missile test launches at the Novaya Zemlya test facility in Russia.

[zie]

I think you meant to add 'public' in there somewhere. I'm sure the large well-funded governments were well aware of all of this stuff before the public, it's their job after all.