Situation in the Red Sea (Houthi Thread)

Samseau said:
But are Houthi's attacking Red Sea ships? They are upholding their end of the deal. The deal never included Israel, it was about protecting US interests with US shipping. Not our problem if Israel gets bombed.
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There aren't really any ships they could attack in the Red Sea. The only major western company that continues to regularly sail through the area (not counting minor players or individual runs) is French CMA CGM which runs the Phoenician Express line under the protection of the EU operation Aspides. And there are no signs of western shipping returning anytime soon - Houthis may vow to attack only Israeli ships, but their definition of what is an Israeli ship is somewhat fluid. Not enough to convince shipping companies to take the risk. And this is exactly the same situation that was before Trump launched the operation Rough Rider, which in all honesty didn't adress the maritime security in any meaningful way - it was another part of his maximum pressure campaign against Iran, and unless Trump can negotiate a settlement with Iran that will include peace in the Red Sea, the past 2 months of airstrikes will be for for nought.
 
Carrier rotation in the Middle East.
USS Truman has left the Red Sea and is underway home, currently in the eastern Mediterranean.

Leaving only one CSG in the area - Vinson in the Gulf of Aden. But only for a moment, as the USS Ford has left the US East Coast and is heading toward the Middle East.



There's been also a bomber rotation on Diego Garcia. B-2 stealth bombers departed the island, and were replaced with B-52s and F-15 fighter jets for protection.

 
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French shipping giant CMA CGM will gradually resume their Red Sea operations, starting with the Europe-Middle East-India "Med Express" (MEDEX) service under the protection of the EU Operation Aspides.
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French shipping giant CMA CGM remains the only major global operator to have resumed services through the Suez Canal.
From mid-June, CMA CGM plans to reinstate Suez Canal transit for its Med Express (MEDEX) service, backed by French naval protection.
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Quarter of all box tonnage now deployed on Asia-Europe tradelane - Splash247

The Red Sea shipping crisis – and the need to take the far longer route via the Cape of the Good Hope – has seen the proportion of containerships globally deployed on the industry’s top tradelane jump from a fifth to a quarter of all tonnage, according to a new study from Alphaliner. In just …
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TruckDriver9 said:
French shipping giant CMA CGM will gradually resume their Red Sea operations, starting with the Europe-Middle East-India "Med Express" (MEDEX) service under the protection of the EU Operation Aspides.
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Quarter of all box tonnage now deployed on Asia-Europe tradelane - Splash247

The Red Sea shipping crisis – and the need to take the far longer route via the Cape of the Good Hope – has seen the proportion of containerships globally deployed on the industry’s top tradelane jump from a fifth to a quarter of all tonnage, according to a new study from Alphaliner. In just …
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100% result of Trump's operation against the Houthi's. Everyone thought Trump surrendered. Nope, they did, shipping resumes, and Gaza still being pounded.

Houthi's have switched to attacking Israel's airport instead, since that won't send aircraft carriers at them.
 
Samseau said:
100% result of Trump's operation against the Houthi's. Everyone thought Trump surrendered. Nope, they did, shipping resumes, and Gaza still being pounded.

Houthi's have switched to attacking Israel's airport instead, since that won't send aircraft carriers at them.
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Don't get ahead of Yourself.
This is something of a trial run. CMA CGM already had one regular service going through the Red Sea, it was 2 ships a week, and now they'll gradually increase the number, first to 4 and later to 6 ships a week. Then, if nothing goes wrong, they'll reopen another line - most likely the INDAMEX (India-US east coast). All under the protection of the EU Operation Aspides, which France employed to serve their national interests.
Wait till an American ship makes a safe passage.
 
Israel struck the Hudaydah port in Yemen. For the first time the attack was carried out by the Israeli navy.

Israeli Navy Sa'ar 6-class corvettes launched missiles at the Hodeida port in Yemen during the strike on the Houthis this morning from hundreds of kilometers away, according to the military. Two long-range guided missiles were fired, destroying infrastructure at the port, which the IDF says was used by the Houthis to smuggle weapons into the country. The Houthi-controlled Hodeida port has been struck several times by the IDF in the past year, and the military says the repeated attacks are intended to cause merchants to "understand that this is a combat zone and reduce their transfers there."
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It's unclear what kind of missiles was used for this attack - possibly a Harpoon variant.
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Didn't take long for the Houthis to respond.


Heavily Filmed Missile Interception Over Israel as Debris Passes Near Passenger Plane
On June 10, 2025, around 8:00 PM local time, Israeli air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi forces. The interception, captured from multiple angles by civilians and surveillance systems, is believed to be one of the most filmed missile defense events in Israel’s history.
After being struck midair, the missile broke into fragments, prompting the Israeli Air Force to launch additional interceptors to neutralize the debris. At least seven interceptors were observed. In a rare and alarming development, some missile fragments passed near a civilian passenger aircraft over the West Bank, though no damage or injuries were reported. Red alert sirens were triggered across central Israel, including Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and parts of the West Bank. Residents received a phone alert two minutes before impact. Since March 18, the Houthis have launched 48 ballistic missiles and 11 drones at Israel, with some falling short or being intercepted.
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According to Hegseth, American vessels made passage through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait without any incident. No details are given on the ships, but they were, most likely, warships from the Vinson group.

Under President Trump's leadership, U.S. naval vessels have exercised freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and Bab al Mandeb multiple times in recent days.
These transits occurred without challenge and demonstrate the success of both Operation ROUGH RIDER and the President's Peace Through Strength agenda
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