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Historical Imagery: U-2 at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus

Located on Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri has a long history with conflict situations throughout the Levant. In light of reports of a pending attack on Syria, it may be used yet again to provide valuable intelligence as well as act as a staging location for tactical aircraft, though the latter is far from certain at this […]

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US Navy P-3 Orion Flying Over Yemen’s Sanaa

Video and additional photography confirm the latest reports of a P-3 Orion flying over Sanaa, not a remotely piloted drone. A video uploaded on 05AUG13 on Youtube shows a US P-3 surveillance aircraft, from AFRICOM’s HQ in Djibouti, reportedly flying over Yemen’s Sanaa, just hours after a drone strike killed four Al-Qaeda suspects. Although the […]

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Iran’s New Oil Tankers

Despite erroneous media reports suggesting Iran delivered its first Aframax tanker to Venezuela’s PDVSA in October 2012, the tanker could still be observed at Sadra’s Bushehr-based shipyard in March 2013. As most already know, satellite imagery is a great way to provide confirmation of events. Imagery from Digital Globe from 25 March 2013 shows the recently produced Sorocaima, […]

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