"Navy's Sea Drone Warfare: From Russia to Houthis"

Houthi rebels in Yemen have added naval drones to their arsenal, posing a new threat to US Navy and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The use of these sea drones, pioneered by Ukraine, has been described as an "unknown threat" by the commander of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group. The US military has encountered Houthi sea drones in commercial shipping lanes and has taken out drones deemed as an imminent threat. The emergent technology of sea drones has been used by Ukraine with success against Russia's Black Sea Fleet, providing them with an asymmetric advantage. The US Navy currently lacks good intelligence on the number of drones possessed by the Houthi rebels.