Four VLCCs alone represent approximately 8 million barrels, valued at $800 million at current prices.

A coordinated 10-vessel spoofing operation, with falsified registries, fake position data, and false destination signals, does not get stood up organically under active naval blockade.

Conveniently, Russia developed and refined these evasion techniques under Western sanctions starting in 2022.

You can do the math from here.
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