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And since mid-August, 3x P-8 Poseidon aircraft crossed the Atlantic into the Caribbean theater, suggesting that they may have been diverted from surveillance operations in Eastern Europe
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Here’s what the US military has positioned in the Caribbean as Trump pressures Venezuela | CNN
The US military has been steadily massing a large number of troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean over the last two months, conducting training missions off the coast of Venezuela, reopening a...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And since mid-August, 3x P-8 Poseidon aircraft crossed the Atlantic into the Caribbean theater, suggesting that they may have been diverted from surveillance operations in Eastern Europe
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Last week, the US flew B-52 bombers near Venezuela’s coast, reaching just 48 miles from Los Roques, a small Venezuelan island archipelago of a few thousand residents
@thomasbordeaux.bsky.social tracked them down in these Sentinel-2 shots bsky.app/profile/thom...
@thomasbordeaux.bsky.social tracked them down in these Sentinel-2 shots bsky.app/profile/thom...
Caught on satellite: a B-52 bomber flies above the Caribbean on October 15th, less than 150 miles from the Venezuelan coast. More on the escalating US military campaign here: www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
October 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Last week, the US flew B-52 bombers near Venezuela’s coast, reaching just 48 miles from Los Roques, a small Venezuelan island archipelago of a few thousand residents
@thomasbordeaux.bsky.social tracked them down in these Sentinel-2 shots bsky.app/profile/thom...
@thomasbordeaux.bsky.social tracked them down in these Sentinel-2 shots bsky.app/profile/thom...
En Español -- Por qué la Armada Argentina se está desplegando para vigilar cientos de barcos pesqueros chinos frente a su costa
Por qué la Armada Argentina se está desplegando para vigilar cientos de barcos pesqueros chinos frente a su costa | CNN
El avión de hélice P-3 gira bruscamente, silueteado contra docenas de luces brillantes en el mar frente a un atardecer argentino. A medida que la cámara recorre la escena, queda claro: las luces deslu...
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March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
En Español -- Por qué la Armada Argentina se está desplegando para vigilar cientos de barcos pesqueros chinos frente a su costa
On just one afternoon, >80% of fishing vessels in the fleet were sailing under the Chinese flag
A further 10% were Spanish and 5.5% were registered in either the UK or Malvinas/Falkland Islands
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A further 10% were Spanish and 5.5% were registered in either the UK or Malvinas/Falkland Islands
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March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
On just one afternoon, >80% of fishing vessels in the fleet were sailing under the Chinese flag
A further 10% were Spanish and 5.5% were registered in either the UK or Malvinas/Falkland Islands
🗺️ by Renée Rigdon
A further 10% were Spanish and 5.5% were registered in either the UK or Malvinas/Falkland Islands
🗺️ by Renée Rigdon
Satellite imagery captured Feb. 28 shows Chinese fishing vessel Ning Tai 52 among the fleet
A former crewmember accused the ship’s parent company of employing forced labor practices in a 2021 @greenpeace.org report
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A former crewmember accused the ship’s parent company of employing forced labor practices in a 2021 @greenpeace.org report
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March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Satellite imagery captured Feb. 28 shows Chinese fishing vessel Ning Tai 52 among the fleet
A former crewmember accused the ship’s parent company of employing forced labor practices in a 2021 @greenpeace.org report
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A former crewmember accused the ship’s parent company of employing forced labor practices in a 2021 @greenpeace.org report
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Foreign fleets harm Argentine fishermen, according to union leader Dario Socrate--he estimates that local fishermen could catch double what they do now without them
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CNN video analysis finds hundreds of Chinese boats suspected of illegal fishing | CNN
A fleet of more than 550 fishing trawlers could be seen from space in an area of international waters near Argentina that’s notorious for illegal fishing. A CNN video analysis found that more than 80%...
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March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Foreign fleets harm Argentine fishermen, according to union leader Dario Socrate--he estimates that local fishermen could catch double what they do now without them
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New satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the aftermath of large-scale burning in Zamzam's central market
About half of the market was torched, according to @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social analysis
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About half of the market was torched, according to @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social analysis
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February 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
New satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the aftermath of large-scale burning in Zamzam's central market
About half of the market was torched, according to @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social analysis
Read our full story here:
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About half of the market was torched, according to @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social analysis
Read our full story here:
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The Defense Department has "historically flown only about one surveillance mission a month... typically, officials instead focus these planes on collecting intelligence on other priorities, such as Russian activity in Ukraine or hunting Russian or Chinese submarines."
US spy planes hunt for intel on Mexican drug cartels as surveillance flights surge near border | CNN Politics
The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with sophisticated spy planes flying at least 18 missions over the southwestern US and in ...
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February 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Defense Department has "historically flown only about one surveillance mission a month... typically, officials instead focus these planes on collecting intelligence on other priorities, such as Russian activity in Ukraine or hunting Russian or Chinese submarines."
These flights have spanned the U.S.-Mexico border with missions in California, Arizona, and Texas, open-source data shows
Map by Renée Rigdon
Map by Renée Rigdon
February 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
These flights have spanned the U.S.-Mexico border with missions in California, Arizona, and Texas, open-source data shows
Map by Renée Rigdon
Map by Renée Rigdon