The weapon resembles a US sea drone the group captured years ago, analysts told BI.
AdvertisementThe Houthi rebels in Yemen have a new torpedo to show off — and it looks familiar.
Martin Kelly of the UK advisory firm EOS Risk Group, said the torpedo could derive from a US REMUS 600 drone lost in 2018.
Houthi forcesPer Kelly, Iranian scientists could have turned a captive example into a "blueprint" for the homegrown weapon seen this week.
He told BI that the torpedo looked like models put on display at an Iranian navy exhibition in Tehran in December 2023.
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