Kept looking around the island of Hormuz itself, got reminded the actual Straits are to the south. Still dead af near actual Hormuz, waterway seems fine, sort of (that thing where scratchy-beardy hmmm but can't quite nail it down but know there is something there)
Scaborough Reef is hard to tell if it is being avoided for any other reasons than unlighted hazard to navigation or the Chinese Coast Guard likes to hang there to chase away fishing boats from the Philipines. The Watch List now has 31 large merchant ships, 11 yachts, and 26 ports. I'm trying to keep the Tracking Log Project as updated as I can since I have observed port calls getting removed entirely. I do not want to get distracted from ports/vessels already under suspicion to chase tracks outside AIS receiver range. The "Dynamic Force Employment Model" sounds like "Rotate, Radiate, Communicate" with a touch of use nearest platform to investigate but with a Consultant Fee attached