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The Strait Becomes a Digital Minefield: How Ships Are Navigating a War of Invisible Signals

ais_anomalies UTC: 2026-03-16 22:00:59

“Since 5 March, Pole Star Global has tracked 3,396 vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly 1 in 15 of them, 231 ships, are exhibiting suspicious positional anomalies. “Jumping” implausible distances, going briefly “ghosted,” or reappearing in patterns consistent wi...

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