Christoph Koettl

@ckoettl

@nytimes Visual Investigations journalist, with a weakness for satellite images. Austrian in NYC.

New York, NY nytimes.com/by/christoph-k… Joined October 2008

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Christoph Koettl @ckoettl Sep 17, 2021

Breaking: Pentagon admits mistake in Kabul drone strike that killed aid worker and members of his family, confirming findings of the New York Times Visual investigation published last week youtube.com/watch?v=ZtecNy…

www.youtube.com How a U.S. Drone Strike Killed the Wrong Person in Afghanistan |... A week after a New York Times visual investigation, the U.S. milita...

Christoph Koettl @ckoettl Jul 24

Number of U.S. Troop Deaths Suddenly Appears Lower on Pentagon Website nyti.ms/4wY2KAT

www.nytimes.com Number of U.S. Troop Deaths Suddenly Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article) Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.

Christoph Koettl @ckoettl Mar 2

High-res imagery of strikes on #Natanz. Details in post. 🛰️📷via @vantortech and nice historical analysis by @TheGoodISIS nytimes.com/live/2026/03/0…

Christoph Koettl @ckoettl Feb 27

Nice, nice.... Additionally, flight-racking data shows its E-2D Airborne Early Warning Aircraft flying in the same spot only around 90min ago (satellite image is from 9:00 UTC)

Andy @andynovy Feb 27

USS Ford spotted about 200km East of Cyprus

C: 34.78766, 28.22293

@GeoConfirmed @FaytuksNetwork

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Christoph Koettl @ckoettl Feb 20

The U.S.S. Ford carrier strike group sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar around noon today, ideal timing for the many observers on the ground and above. #Iran 🛰️📷 via @planet
nyti.ms/4rinZuf