{"id":13718,"date":"2023-10-18T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/ghost-ship-russias-secret-naval-fleet-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:40:35","slug":"ghost-ship-russias-secret-naval-fleet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/ghost-ship-russias-secret-naval-fleet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost ship &#8211; Russia\u2019s secret naval fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<ul class=\"list_homepage\">\n<li>\nNDC Outlook 01-2023: <em><a href=\"\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=799\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"click to download (pdf)\">Ghost ship &#8211; Russia\u2019s secret naval fleet<\/a><\/em>, by Giangiuseppe Pili, Jack Crawford and Nick Loxton <a href=\"#_edn0\" name=\"_ednref0\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The war on Ukraine has a maritime dimension often overlooked in terms of logistics and strategic relevance\n<\/li>\n<li>\nA critical Russian fleet has been successful in circumventing regulations on maritime transit through the Bosporus<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Open source material proves that the Russian ship SPARTA IV, declared as a commercial vessel, is in fact transporting military equipment\n<\/li>\n<li>This shows that the fog of war can, at times, be lifted using innovative open source intelligence methods\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a href=\"\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=799\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"click to download (pdf)\"><br \/>\nDownload the publication<\/a> to keep reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<hr style=\"height:1px; color:#e6e6e6;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller; color: darkslategrey ; margin-top:-1em;\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"edn0\">\n        <sup>*<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref0\" name=\"_edn0\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Giangiuseppe Pili<\/strong> &#8211; Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis Program, James<br \/>\nMadison University and Associate Fellow, Open Source Intelligence and<br \/>\nAnalysis, RUSI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Crawford<\/strong> &#8211; Research Analyst, Open Source Intelligence and Analysis, RUSI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nick Loxton<\/strong> &#8211; Head of Intelligence Delivery, Geollect<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"height:1px; color:#e6e6e6;\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span class=\"np\"><a href=\"\/fr\/research\/research.php\/?icode=6\" target=\"_blank\">More Research Division Publications&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC Outlook 01-2023: Ghost ship &#8211; 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