Cheap drones redraw shipping’s war risk map

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Kyiv’s reported weekend attack on an Iranian vessel accused of carrying military cargo to Russia has removed another basin shipowners assumed was untouchable — and hardwired the Ukraine and Middle East theatres together in a way war risk underwriters are not structured to price. Until the weekend, the Caspian was the quiet leg. Landlocked, closed …