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Russian satellites help Iran's allies strike Saudi Arabia, data and officials say
AURORAH said 11 Russian Cosmos satellites tracked the sites before and after 40 missile and drone attacks, suggesting intelligence support for the strikes.
- Geneva-Based AURORAH Geosignal Intelligence founder Nawaf Obaid identified a 100% correlation between Russian spy satellite positioning and 40 attacks against Saudi infrastructure since July 1, suggesting coordinated intelligence gathering.
- On September 10, drone strikes from Iraq hit three critical pumping stations along Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline, interrupting oil flow amid Iranian attacks on Strait of Hormuz shipping routes.
- Analysts observed 11 Russian Cosmos 2600 satellites concentrating on pipeline sections beginning in July, with flyby activity intensifying around the strikes. The Taif attack precisely hit an Italian Eurofighter Typhoon, suggesting "highly specialized intelligence support that the Houthis and Iranians simply don't have," Obaid said.
- Saudi Foreign Ministry deputy minister for public diplomacy Rayed Krimly stated last week that Iran and the Houthis receive intelligence from "elements in Russia and China, even commercial elements sometimes." Saudi officials discuss these matters regularly with both countries, he said.
- Satellite configurations were identified near an October 15 Houthi strike on the presidential palace in Yemen's southern port city of Aden and a government recruitment center in Shabwa that killed 75 recruits, Obaid said.
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Russian satellites help Iran's allies strike Saudi Arabia, data and officials say
When Iranian-backed militias attacked the pumping stations of Saudi Arabia’s most important oil pipeline last month, they apparently had help from Russian spy satellites. That's according to a private geospatial intelligence firm that found a constellation of Russian spy satellites…
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