The Ships Are Lying About Where They Are
Imagine seeing one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world almost empty, before realizing that it isn't empty at all. The ships are still there, but the data has disappeared.
Analysts monitoring the Strait of Hormuz have watched vessels vanish only to reappear someplace else hours later. Others appear to be sailing across inland airports or drifting through the Iranian desert.
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) has quietly become part of the information infrastructure that global trade depends on.
So what happens when one of the world's most trusted sources of maritime information…
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