Iran Claims It Tested A Submarine Launched Anti-Ship Missile Capable Of Standoff Strikes
Combined with larger, domestically-produced subs, the weapons could present new challenges for the country’s opponents.
Combined with larger, domestically-produced subs, the weapons could present new challenges for the country’s opponents.
The group suggested is would step up attacks on commercial ships in response to the Saudi-led coalition’s blockade of their last port.
Whatever the details, the Yemeni rebels continue to be a credible threat to military ships and commercial vessels operating in the region.
The potential threat to international commerce posed by naval mines remains palpable. This is especially true when it comes to their deployment around known geographical bottlenecks. When those bottlenecks convey a large portion of the world’s daily oil supply, destabilizing any one of them could have massive economic and even life-safety repercussions around the globe. This is why the growing threat of naval mines in the Strait of Mandeb, the narrow body of water that ties the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, is so concerning.
Just another ominous reminder that weaponized unmanned systems are increasingly the weapon of choice of non-state actors and militant groups.
In recent days Houthi rebels have taken the fight to Saudi Arabia on an unprecedented level, and now The Kingdom’s seat of power may be at risk of ballistic missile attack.
The ship tragically struck by a suicide bomber off Yemen in 2000 is responding to a similar attack on a Saudi Frigate.
The report seems to jump to conclusions far too easily.
Video of the attack shows the ship engulfed in a fireball.
Tehran sets its eyes on larger naval footprint abroad.