Oryx (website)

This article is about the investigative research website. For other uses, see Oryx (disambiguation).
Oryx
Logo of Oryx
Type of site
Investigative journalism
Available in
FoundedNovember 2013
Country of originNetherlands
Founder(s)Stijn Mitzer, Joost Oliemans
URLoryxspioenkop.com

Oryx, or Oryxspioenkop, is a Dutch open-source intelligence defence analysis website,[1][2] and warfare research group.[3] According to Oryx, the term spionkop (Afrikaans for "spy hill") "refers to a place from where one can watch events unfold around the world".[4]

Oryx was created by Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans, who have also written two books on the Korean People's Army.[5][6] Both have previously worked for Netherlands-based Bellingcat.[7][8] Oliemans also worked for Janes Information Services, a British open-source military intelligence company.[8] After Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans retired from the Oryx Blog, a long-time contributor Jakub Janovsky took over as the site administrator.[9]

  1. ^ Peck, Michael (5 April 2022). "Russia Is Exaggerating Ukraine's Military Losses". Forbes. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Russia's vast stocks of Soviet-era weaponry are running out". The Economist. 16 July 2024. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  3. ^ Malyasov, Dylan (14 April 2022). "Russia loses dozens of unmanned aircraft in Ukraine". Defence Blog. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  4. ^ "@oryxspioenkop on Twitter". Twitter. 26 Oct 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ^ Taylor, Adam (20 August 2021). "The Taliban is flaunting captured U.S. weapons that may be worth billions". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. ^ Maddaluno, Amedeo (16 December 2020). "Observing the battlefields of the world with "Oryx Blog"". osservatorioglobalizzazione.it/. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Stijn Mitzer". Archived from the original on 2022-05-08.
  8. ^ a b "Joost Oliemans". Archived from the original on 2022-05-08.
  9. ^ "@oryxspioenkop on Twitter". Twitter. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.