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A 290-mile wall of ships. Watch as 1,700+ vessels move in the East China Sea (23–28 Dec). @nytimes.com reports this as a "quietly mobilized" barrier. Starboard Maritime Intelligence provided the data verification behind this analysis. 🧵
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Read the full investigation by The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Starboard analyst @maritimekiwi.bsky.social noted the anomaly: “The sight of that many vessels operating in concert is staggering" adding "We have never seen a formation of this size and discipline before."
t.cohttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/16/world/asia/china-ships-fishing-militia-blockade.html
As noted in the article, reliable data is the counter to grey-zone ambiguity. Detecting these anomalies requires persistent, multi-source Maritime Domain Awareness—looking beyond the dots on a screen to understand the intent behind the behaviour. #MaritimeSecurity #MDA #GreyZone #Starboard #NYT
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Details now available without a paywall at @militarnyi.com bsky.app/profile/mili...
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Twice in recent weeks, China has mobilized thousands of fishing boats to practice forming massive “floating barriers” stretching roughly 460 kilometers. militarnyi.com/en/news/chin...
Here's a link to the Starboard platform where you can see 1,000 of the vessels involved in the 11 January event: app.starboard.nz/link/31jtkam...
app.starboard.nzStarboard Maritime IntelligenceA monitoring product to increase our awareness of maritime activities
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@alxluck.bsky.social you might find the satellite images of the fishing vessels interesting 😄