Situation in the Red Sea (Houthi Thread)

First photo of the burning "True Confidence" appeared. What's important to note is that the last few ships that were actually hit (Rubymar, MSC Sky II, True Confidence), were hit in the superstructure, unlike previous attacks which used to hit midship. This suggests the use of better, more precise, missiles by the Houthis - they either run out of older missiles and have to use their best munitions or it's a deliberate escalation.
 
Update
US Central Command confirmed late on Wednesday that the death toll had risen to three crew members after the attack on the Barbados-flagged, 50,448-dwt True Confidence (built 2011).
At least four other seafarers suffered injuries, including three “in critical condition”. The ship itself suffered “significant damage” after being hit by a single anti-ship ballistic missile at about 7.30 GMT. Crew and armed guards took to lifeboats to escape the burning, abandoned ship, which has since been drifting.
 
Same old, same old.

CENTCOM reports strikes against the Houthis, as well as successful drone interceptions.

Between the hours of 3:35 p.m. and 4:55 p.m. (Sanaa time), United States Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted self-defense strikes against four mobile Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) and one Houthi unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
Additionally, during this timeframe CENTCOM forces shot down three UAVs launched from Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the Gulf of Aden.


Meanwhile, Houthis attacked another ship, a Singapore-flagged bulk carrier "Propel Fortune" - it was a near miss. Afterwards, the ship changed its course, and will sail around Africa.
The ship is listed under the ownership of Propel Shipping, a Singapore-based operator that is the chartering and operating arm of Indian logistics provider ACT Group. (...)
according to initial information he received, the ship was not directly hit and is currently turning around to continue its voyage by travelling around the Cape of Good Hope. The Singapore Port Authority also said the ship was not hit.
 
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Deceased sailors have been identified as two Filipinos, and one Vietnamese. The ship itself is adrift, and may share the fate of "Rubymar" if it's not salvaged in time.

Indian Navy published footage of their rescue operation


During the ongoing salvage operation, French Navy protected a tugboat from a drone attack.
A French war ship shot down four Houthi drones early on Saturday to protect the ongoing salvage of a bulker drifting off Yemen after it suffered the first fatal seafarer casualties of the Red Sea crisis.
(...)
The Houthi drones were flying in “tactical” attack formation in the frigate's direction, said the French military, which forms part of the EU’s NAVFOR Aspides naval force in the area.



CENTCOM reports successful interception of a drone raid launched by the Houthis.
Between 4 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists conducted a large-scale uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) attack into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. CENTCOM and coalition forces identified the one-way attack (OWA) UAVs and determined that they presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, U.S. Navy, and coalition ships in the region. U.S. Navy vessels and aircraft along with multiple coalition navy ships and aircraft shot down 15 OWA UAVs.
 
1. A few days ago the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (USS Bataan. USS Carter Hall, USS Mesa Verde, and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit) have left the middle east after 8 month deployment and is sailing back home. There's no replacement coming to take their place, so it leaves the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group as the only American naval force in the area.


2. British destroyer HMS Diamond is sailing back, after resupplying, to the Red Sea, to relieve the HMS Richmond frigate.


3. Houthis attacked another ship - a Liberian-flagged, Singaporean owned and operated, container carrier "Pinocchio".
“All crew members are accounted for and unharmed and there was no damage to the Pinocchio and her cargo,” the company said in a statement.
“We are grateful to the crew for their courage and adherence to safety protocols during this event. MV Pinocchio has now continued its planned journey.”
The company said none of its vessels passing through the Red Sea are owned by UK, Israeli or US companies and did not serve any Israeli ports.
However, the "Pinocchio" used to be called ZIM San Francisco and in the past belonged to the Israeli ZIM Shipping.

In response, US forces carried out strikes in Yemen, reportedly, killing people - Houthis vow revange.
Between 2:50-11:30 p.m. (Sanaa time) on March 11, United States Central Command conducted six self-defense strikes destroying an unmanned underwater vessel and 18 anti-ship missiles in Houthi controlled areas of Yemen. It was determined these weapons presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region. These actions are taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S. Navy and merchant vessels.
 
This is all what I’m talking about ability to project power. Had this happened 20 years ago, it would spark war. But the US just doesn’t have the jewels to do it anymore easily. Today there would be loss of life and even more political instability so they avoid it.
We have the ability to do it.

We have the assets in theater to do it.

We just have a retarded senile old man puppet ran by atheist Jews in charge.

A serious person comes in and this crap stops quickly after some MEANINGFUL strike packages.
 
We have the ability to do it.

We have the assets in theater to do it.
Back in November/December we had 2 carrier strike groups and the amphibious element, now we're down to only Eisenhower strike group - should be enough to deal with the Houthis, I mean:
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But it shows us how passive the current administration is - to have such a force at disposal and yet do nothing. The OPG and OPA operations are almost entirely PR stunts. Sometimes it feels like the Indian Navy is doing more work then we.
And sooner or later "Ike" will have to sail back to the States - it's been deployed for what ? 5-6 months already ? And what then ?
 
You think it's the Jews holding back on sending Americans to war for Israel again?
Those are two separate events sir.

But it's quite obvious none of the regime wants escalation by Bibi etc.

The Biden team, full of Jews, don't want to escalate in the Red Sea.

They are busy placating the PLO crowd.
 
Those are two separate events sir.

But it's quite obvious none of the regime wants escalation by Bibi etc.

The Biden team, full of Jews, don't want to escalate in the Red Sea.

They are busy placating the PLO crowd.

I can never quite tell if you are an Israel lover or not.
 
The Houthi attacks on vessels trading with ZOG is a classic case of the GAE's military might being finely tuned for fighting an army from 60 years ago, but ineffective versus independent guerrila forces.

Broadly speaking, (1) using force alone to obtain a goal never succeeds against a determined adversary.
The example I always use is trannies, something that I will never accept under any circumstance.
If the US government wants to use their default tool, violent force, to make me accept the tranny agenda, they could take me into a room, waterboard me, have women pee and poo on me, blaspheme my holy book, and hook electrodes up to my private parts, as they are want to do. And perhaps at some point I would say whatever the bad man wanted to make the pain stop.

But the moment zir left the room, any belief in trannies would be instantly gone.
There is simply no way to use force to oppose a strong moral conviction.

In the case of the Houthis, they have decided that the murder and genocide of Palestinians is important enough to them that they will risk their own lives and well being to fight for it. This is not the kind of movement one easily defeats. Really the only way to do so with force is to genocide the entire people, and, if one may somehow consider that as an intellectual option, one only needs to look to Israel to see how poorly such a strategy works.

The second issue is (2) the mismatch of US aircraft carriers versus hit and run rocket attacks. The carriers carry a fixed amount of ammunition that can be used to repel these missile attacks. In order to effectively stop one of these missiles, the carriers must expend a large amount (I read the actual numbers recently but since internet search is broken I cannot easily find the source) of munitions, and after a few days of such countermeasures, the ship's reserves are expended and it must sail away to port, which takes the ship out of commission for weeks.

Then there is the case that even if increased military aggression could prove effective in reducing missile attacks, it would be (3) counterindicated to the actual mission, which is allowing commercial shipping vessels to freely operate.


Escalation against the Houthis is a phenomenally stupid idea. For one thing, turning a nuisance into a full-blown war will not secure shipping through the Red Sea. It will interrupt commercial shipping even more. If shipping companies are nervous about being shot at with drones and missiles now, they will absolutely refuse to send their ships through an active war zone. The problem that the military action is ostensibly meant to solve will become ten times worse.

(4) Military aggression has already been tried against the Houthis, and this wasn't even during a Palestinian genocide, which is what has caused them to step up their resolve. The Obama administration started a $100B (yes BILLION) proxy war in Yemen, which failed.

The Pentagon outfitted the Saudi-UAE effort with $100 billion dollars in modern weaponry, as well as logistical support and diplomatic cover for the horrific embargo on the port of Hodeidah. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people, a high number of them children, died in a man-made famine during this blockade.

It wasn’t enough to break the Houthis. As the Ottomans, British, and most recently the Saudis have learned, Yemen is a furnace that melts armies.

The final blow to the Saudis came in September 2019, when the Houthis began Operation Victory From God. Houthi forces lured the Saudi military into a massive ambush, killing 500 coalition soldiers and capturing thousands more.

As the Houthis paraded scores of captured enemy soldiers and vehicles, they shocked the world again with a massive drone attack in the Saudi heartland, wrecking two oil refineries and triggering the largest sudden spike in global energy prices in history. The plucky Houthis forced Riyadh to its knees, and soon after to the negotiating table.

Of course military aggression was also tried against the Iraqis, and the Afghans, and the Vietnamese, etc. etc. and failed every time also.

The idea that the US is being held back by some sort of sense of cautiousness (lol) or fear of failure, or "cos sleepy Joe" is simply not credible.

(5) The aircraft carrier is not an effective tool to open commercial shipping (and many believe it is completely outdated for any military use).

The cost of using expensive naval missiles — which can run up to $2.1 million a shot — to destroy unsophisticated Houthi drones — estimated at a few thousand dollars each — is a growing concern

each ship contains 90 or more missile tubes.

On Saturday alone
, the destroyer USS Carney intercepted 14 one-way attack drones.


Regardless, the Houthi's have made their position clear: Allow humanitarian aid to Gaza, or the Red Sea is closed to commercial shipping. There is an obvious and simple way to reopen the ports, and it doesn't require anything other than a basic sense of decency.



Of course, the simple, moral, and logical choice has no chance. American foreign policy is based entirely off emotion and Jewish control.

Nineteen nations have signed on to the task force, including some Arab partners, but only nine want to attach their names to the effort

lol
 
Houthi's claim they have hypersonic missiles and will use them to expand their blockade and target ships in the Indian Ocean.



We just have to wait to see what they do have and what they decide to do.

Almost all ballistic missiles in the world are capable of reaching hypersonic speeds (above Mach 5) - usually its only for a short phase, the Russian Iskander is a good example, but even older soviet designs like the Scud or Tochka were capable of it (for a moment). Considering that Houthi's arsenal is of Iranian origin, which itself is based on soviet designs, it quite possible that they have a missile that can reach Mach 8, but I do not believe they can manufacture them themselves - it would require advanced chemical, metallurgical and rocket engine industries, which are non-existent in Yemen. So it looks to me, like Iran is using this crisis to test their weapon systems in real life conditions.
 
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I read that the Houthi’s have started equipping their Toyota Hilux’s with seat covers made out of Kevlar to protect the seats from the damage caused by their giant brass balls clanging around when they go over bumps. They fight for a better future for their sons, when Yemen will be secure and prosperous with smooth roadways that will render the Kevlar unnecessary, and their progeny can focus their time solely on beheading homosexuals and Jews.
 
At least the Indian Navy is doing some job, they're in pursuit of "Ruen" - a bulk carrier hijacked by the Somali pirates back in December. Since then, the vessel have been used as a mother ship, from which Somalis carried out attacks far off the coast.

“The pirates on board the vessel have been called upon to surrender [and] release the vessel [and] any civilians they may be holding against their will,” the navy spokesman said. There is no sign yet, however, that the Ruen’s captors have complied with the Indian demand or that they have any intention to.
Footage released by the navy shows one gunman on deck firing against what appears to be a helicopter hovering over the ship.
The Indian Navy said it is using “minimal force necessary to neutralise the pirates’ threat to shipping and seafarers”. This is probably due to the fact that any attempt to forcefully board the Ruen might put at risk the lives of the Ruen’s crew, the whereabouts of which are unknown.


For those looking into Israeli connection: the ship's owner Navibulgar, has a history of doing business with Israel, and while the "Ruen" itself was not sailing to, or from Israel at the time of the hijacking, it's twin vessel "Rojen" was frequently making port calls in Israel, including in October when the war erupted. So the Ruen's hijacking was not purely coincidental.
 
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