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I would say that the importance and need for reliable two-way satellite IP data as a backup for essential comms (wheter geostationary based, iridium, inmarsat, and soon starlink) is directly proportional to how bad the political situation is in a country. Somewhere with an active civil war such as Yemen or Ethiopia, would rank towards the highest end of the scale.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It really is a Talibanesque situation unfolding in Yemen. It’s interesting because by all accounts they (Houthis) control most of the population centers of the country despite ostensibly representing the Shia minority that only constitutes ~25% of Yemenis.
id think more cuban missile crisis than taliban. the houthis put iranian military assets too close for comfort for the saudis
Furthermore, the comparison is a bit off because Soviet military build-up on Cuba was merely a response to the actual nukes the US had in Turkey, literally on the Soviet border, but the US lost their shit in a typically hypocritical manner. Iran is purely projecting power wherever it can to combat Saudi and US influence in the region, it isn't a tit for tat response.
> The incident comes amid reports of an airstrike on a telecom hub It seems deliberate. Easier to wage war without atrocity videos leaking out.
Was this ever a concern?
Recent info about what's going on:
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2022/01/houthis-laun...