ISP Tearline Team Reports on Russia’s Planned Naval Base Near Port Sudan

ISP’s Tearline student research team recently published an open-source report analyzing the impact of the May 2025 drone attack by the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces on infrastructure in the vicinity of Russia’s planned naval base in Sudan. The team assessed that Russia is unlikely to realize their plans for a naval base near Port Sudan in the next 6 to 12 months due to the continued instability in the region. The team based their evaluation on commercial satellite imagery and open source reporting. Read the full report HERE.

The report was a collaborative effort between ISP and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as part of the agency’s Tearline initiative.