NDC Outlook 01-2023: Ghost ship – Russia’s secret naval fleet, by Giangiuseppe Pili, Jack Crawford and Nick Loxton 1
- The war on Ukraine has a maritime dimension often overlooked in terms of logistics and strategic relevance
- A critical Russian fleet has been successful in circumventing regulations on maritime transit through the Bosporus
- Open source material proves that the Russian ship SPARTA IV, declared as a commercial vessel, is in fact transporting military equipment
- This shows that the fog of war can, at times, be lifted using innovative open source intelligence methods
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- Giangiuseppe Pili – Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis Program, James Madison University and Associate Fellow, Open Source Intelligence and Analysis, RUSI
Jack Crawford – Research Analyst, Open Source Intelligence and Analysis, RUSI
Nick Loxton – Head of Intelligence Delivery, Geollect ↩︎
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