Two vessels that had their automatic identification systems (AIS) switched off reportedly sailed close to the leak sites of the Nord Stream 2 pipelines a few days before those were ripped open due to subsea explosions, trusted satellite data analysis firm reports.
The ships measured between 311 and 426 feet in length, and had the AIS trackers, turned off, explains Jerry Javornicky, the co-founder of SpaceKnow, and Wired’s Matt Burgess informed us.
That the beacons were off meant that there was...
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