US Navy baffled by new naval threat from Yemen

 Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) operated and controlled by the Yemeni military have become a new nightmare for US naval forces stationed in the Red Sea and surrounding waters, a US military commander said. "That's one of the scariest scenarios, to have an explosives-laden, unmanned surface ship that can go quite fast," Admiral Marc Miguez, commander of the US's 2nd Carrier Strike Group, told The Associated Press. USA. Miguez said the US does not have enough intelligence to counter the Yemeni USVs and that the threat could be extremely lethal in some circumstances. "And if you're not immediately on the scene, the situation can become extremely serious," he told the Associated Press agency. The US military commander's comments come amid ongoing confrontation between the Yemenis and a US-led coalition of naval forces in regional waters near Yemen.