Situation in the Red Sea (Houthi Thread)

It_Is_My_Time said:
After heavy bombardment and Trump saying the Houthi's were begging for peace, the Houthi's have a response.

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So, they've been launching one, or two missiles a day for the past week, presumably toward the Ben Gurion airport, but it It doesn't look like any of the attacks was successful - they would have to launch a large salvo to breach all the defenses. However these attacks, even when unsuccessful, are disrupting the airport's operations. This is the same MO they used in the Red Sea, where the actual damage they caused was relatively low (2 ships sunk) compared to the number of missiles/drones they've launched, and yet it was enough to force the risk (and cost) averse companies to pull out of the area. And now they hope to do the same to airlines: disrupt their schedules, increase insurance costs, and force them to suspend flights to/from Israel.



^Could be a THAAD interceptor as well.
 
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Samseau said:
^ Yep, total asymmetrical warfare. Costs the Houthi's a few million, costs the Israeli's and the (((West))) hundreds of billions.
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For this to work on airlines, the way it worked on shipping companies, Houthis will have to maintain, or even increase, the pace of attacks against Ben Gurion airport for a while. Won't be easy with continuous American airstrikes.
 
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