[clintonh8r]

Well, if they want to risk detonating a mine I guess that’s their choice…..I don’t see how these vessels can be insured, either.

[montag813]

Best to fire upon spoofing vessels. It’s the only way to be sure.

[alexander_busek]

“Now, we are starting to see vessels going dark or using ‘zombie’ or random identification,” Ami Daniel, the chief executive of Windward, a maritime intelligence data provider, said in an interview on Tuesday.

What do you do with "zombies?"

Regards,

[MeanWestTexan]

We can easily track ships by satellite or plane, regardless if they have their beacons on.

But, hey, at the NYT giving hope to the enemy and making us think the fight is hopeless is the agenda.

[ClearCase_guy]

Have an A-10 fly by and give them a whiff of the grape.

[grobdriver]

Not sure why we need ID - if they’re heading for Iran, they get stopped. Transponders are helpful, not necessary - hard for them to beat radar.

[FrankRizzo890]

We’re told over and over about how narrow the strait is, but now THIS story wants to talk about ships sneaking through.

[SuperLuminal]

Irrelevant news!

“Blockade” means: “Stop all ships”...
This article is nonsense...

[rktman]

Uh, “AI” should have no problem tracking them right? Hello? Bueller? 🚤🛰

[MarlonRando]

the best spoofing takes place when Putin gets in a jet. I hear his tech is freaking amazing.

[bigbob]

Just let it be known that if a ship can’t be identified, we’ll sink it. “Do ya feel lucky punk?”

[Repeal The 17th]

“...Under international maritime law...”
-
Who enforces that?
- - - - -
Nobody here remembers the U.S. stopping and boarding
Russian ships off the coast of Cuba in the 60’s?
- - - - -
You can turn off your identifying beacon,
but you can’t hide from our radar.
We may not know “who” you are,
but we will still know “where” you are.

[Thud]

Going “dark” or spoofing makes those vessels subject to confiscation per maritime law. We did that to Russian ships after we captured Maduro of Venezuela. I expect we’ll do it again in the Persian Gulf.

[xone]

US ships have radar.

[Robert357]

Sounds like a perfect excuse to seize a zombie ship for a period of time long enough to compare satellite positions to course recorded in maritime logs and if the don’t agree to hold the ship even longer until a corrected course is provided by the officers of the held ship.

Shipping companies really don’t like delays in the availability of their assets to haul cargo.

[Brian Griffin]

Mr. Israeli Naval Commander:

Here are some Iranian mines we found.

Obviously, they belong to Iran and Iran deserves to have them back.

Don’t get too close to Iranian shores.

[toddausauras]

Send more U.S. ships f them.