Shadow fleet tankers use satellite jammers to create fake locations at sea
To move millions of barrels of oil undetected, a secretive fleet of aging tankers utilizes sophisticated satellite jammers and AIS spoofing to broadcast fake coordinates while navigating the open ocean.
A shadow fleet of over 600 aging tankers employs advanced electronic warfare tactics to vanish from global tracking systems. By using satellite jammers, these vessels create false positions up to 50 kilometers away from their actual location, updating the spoofed data every six seconds to deceive monitors.
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