ISEXWAYISO SOkugcina: IHouthi yaseYemen Yethula I-Drone Ehlomile e-US Navy, Ignites Ukungezwani
- I-drone, ehlomile futhi engenamuntu, yethulwa e-Yemen ngaphansi kokulawulwa kwamaHouthi. Isondele ngokuyingozi - phakathi kwamamayela ambalwa - kwimikhumbi yezentengiselwano yaseMelika kanye nemikhumbi yezentengiselwano ngaphambi kokuqhuma ngoLwesine. Lesi sigameko esishaqisayo senzeke emahoreni ambalwa ngemuva kokuthi i-White House kanye nabalingani bayo bekhiphe "isixwayiso sokugcina" eqenjini lamasosha asekelwa yi-Iran. Baxwayise ngezinyathelo zezempi ezingase zibe khona uma ukuhlasela okunjalo kuqhubeka.
Lo mcimbi uba ngesokuqala kwabakwaHouthi - ukusebenzisa kwabo okokuqala umkhumbi ongaphansi (USV) kusukela baqala ukuhlukumeza imikhumbi yezentengiselwano oLwandle Olubomvu kulandela ukugqashuka kwempi phakathi kuka-Israyeli neHamas, njengoba kushiwo nguVice Admiral Brad Cooper, oholayo. Imisebenzi ye-U.S. Navy eMpumalanga Ephakathi. U-Fabian Hinz, uchwepheshe wezobuchwepheshe ezicitshwayo kanye nocwaningo ku-International Institute for Strategic Studies, ugcizelele ukuthi lawa ma-USV ayingxenye ebalulekile yezikhali ze-Houthi zasolwandle.
Kusukela ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba wonyaka odlule, kube nokwanda kobudlova obuvela kwaHouthis ngama-drones amaningi okuhlasela nemicibisholo eqondiswe emikhunjini yezentengiselwano edabula emanzini oLwandle Olubomvu. Ukuziphindiselela kulokhu kuhlasela, uNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Lloyd Austin umemezele i-Operation Prosperity Guardian kulo Disemba odlule wezi-2022; imikhumbi eyengeziwe yatshalwa ukuze ivikele imikhumbi yezentengiselwano ehamba nge-Bab el-Mandeb Strait.