UNOSAT, the United Nations group in charge of producing satellite imagery for the organization, continues to offer innovative open source satellite intelligence. This week, UNOSAT released an incredible satellite map of a pirate area of operations. Specifically, the map depicts the anchorage sites of four suspected hijacked vessels and their land base. Click on the images below to download the high-resolution map.
Christopher R. Albon is a political science Ph.D. specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy.
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What’s not clear is what the purpose of the relative distances and bearings are between the ships. They weren’t in consecutive order or at the same time, so seems slightly arbitrary.
Great blog Andrew.
Fabulous find, Chris! Many thanks!
Check out my comments on Eagle1 (http://www.eaglespeak.us/) and at Kennebec Captain’s blog (http://kennebeccaptain.blogspot.com/).
Tom
P.S. Is there any breakdown about what specific hulls are meant by the SHIP ID numbers?
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