A Russian cargo ship tied to arms trade with North Korea rendezvoused with a lookalike vessel before making alleged weapons deliveries last month, NK Pro analysis has found, in what appears to have been an attempt to use twin vessels to obscure the suspected arms transfers.

Ship-tracking data shows that the Vyacheslav Anisimov (IMO 9004463) broadcast from the Russian Far East port of Dunay on Sept. 12, and a vessel matching its profile appeared in a satellite image released by the U.S. that purported to show weapons deliveries.

The Anisimov then sailed to a spot west