Are these similar to what the Ukes are using in the Back Sea? Let’s hope not.
Why not? The Houthis, no doubt are spending some of the pallet of cash Obama/Biden shipped to the Iranians. If the cartels can afford a sub, so can the Houthis. And then there are all the jet-skis they can buy. What defense against them would a merchant ship have?
The Iranians via the Houthis are doing a number on the Egyptian economy by cutting the money brought in from Canal tolls.
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Muslims cutting off the short way to the Indies via the Red Sea cause the Portuguese to sail around Africa and Columbus to attempt a ‘shortcut’ by sailing west.