🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's boats are hunting American drones in the strait now, and the Houthis have turned Red Sea islands into aircraft carriers that never sail home Axios reports US forces fired on Iranian boats trying to seize a second Navy drone in the Strait of Hormuz. The first one is
Why now
Thesis: Iran and Houthi actions raise shipping disruption risk
Catalyst to watch: Further attacks on US assets
Main risk: De-escalation removes crude premium
Why it matters
Iranian and Houthi actions against US assets in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea raise the probability of shipping and supply disruptions, supporting crude risk premium.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's boats are hunting American drones in the strait now, and the Houthis have turned Red Sea islands into aircraft carriers that never sail home Axios reports US forces fired on Iranian boats trying to seize a second Navy drone in the Strait of Hormuz. The first one is already in Iranian hands, and Bobby Jones, who spent 26 years in that Navy, expects it to be reverse-engineered the way Iran has done before. His larger point is about what a shallow, hot sea does to expensive machines. The Gulf makes them easy to find. Meanwhile the simple weapons keep working, a boarding party with rifles, a mine on a hull, a mobile launcher that moves before the strike package is updated. The islands the Houthis took are, in his words, permanent aircraft carriers, and the country most likely to answer is Egypt, whose canal is now worthless. Riyadh, for its part, faces a two-front trap: attack Yemen, and Iran hits the desalination plants from the other side. @WeTheBrandon
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