Adjunct Professor Lawrence Brennan was quoted in a Business Insider article about Houthi rebels attacking a Saudi vessel off the coast of Yemen.
According to Lawrence Brennan, a Fordham University maritime law professor and former US Navy commander, “This attack is likely to impact US naval operations and rules of engagement in nearby waters.”
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But according to Brennan, the US may not allow hostile, unresponsive ships to get so close to Navy vessels after a force associated with Iran used suicide boats to kill two Saudi sailors.
“The overarching duty of self-defense mandates revision of the ROE to provide a sufficient ‘bubble’ to prevent the risk of a suicide attack, particularly from swarming boats,” Brennan said in an email to Business Insider.