Crew on the HMS Diamond repelled a drone strike from the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group as spiralling tensions in the Middle East threaten to blow out into a full-scale regional war.
The 250-metre long Marlin Luanda was struck by a Yemeni missile on Friday, sparking an 18 hour inferno within a cargo tank on the starboard side of the ship and forcing the evacuation of its crew.
Yemen s Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a U.S. warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, and struck a British vessel as their aggressive attacks on maritime traffic continue.
The 250-metre long Marlin Luanda was struck by a Yemeni missile on Friday, sparking a fire within a cargo tank on the starboard side of the ship and forcing the evacuation of its crew.
We now know more about how the Houthis and their Iranian partners use radar and satellite communications to target commercial vessels and US and UK warships. The US should thus be thinking about jamming Iranian radars that are being used to help the Houthis. The US also needs to work with commercial satellite operators to shut down access to communications that guide Houthi missiles and drones. And the way the automatic identification system (AIS) is operated needs changed to confuse the Houthis