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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It_Is_My_Time said:
Looks like we are taking a page out of the Israel book and going after civilian infrastructure. This tells me we really cannot get to the Houthi's missile locations and we are getting desperate and going after civilian structures. This is not a good look.

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The Cradle is right next to the guardian in terms of left wing bias. There’s more to that story in the article.
 
There is some reason we are not fully bombing the Houthi's by now. My guess is our overpriced bombs are mostly worthless against them and they can shoot back at a cost of less than 100:1. These guys have been bombed, by at least somewhat new and "high tech" weapons, and still they are shooting back. I would guess by now, if we had more useful weapons, we would have used them. I could be wrong, but this seems the likely scenario. Meaning, there is little to nothing we can do, other than put troops on the ground and risk a massive amount of casualties to stop the Houthi's.

If this is true, then this doesn't bode well for the USA's power in the Middle East. And as time marches forward, and a country like Iran that puts their best into technology and weapon creation will just move further and further ahead of the soon-to-be third world USA.

 
Helmsman said:
The Cradle is right next to the guardian in terms of left wing bias. There’s more to that story in the article.
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The authenticity of the story cannot be verified, but the image used is a cropped modification of the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the Hodeidah port facilities/ oil storage silos mid 2024. Recognized the picture almost immediately, so for The Cradle not too be aware of this is something I don't buy.



On Truth Social DJT was bragging about an attack on a (Houthi military) gathering. That's at least 60-70 people in the frame.

 
That's a lot of firepower. Again, with the two Carrier Groups, a nuke submarine, and lots of support ships in CENTCOM. B2s and associated KC-135s at Diego Garcia for extra effort. Lots of strikes in Yemen from all sources. Air Defense assets being moved from Korea to the ME.

All of a sudden, the NYTimes is reading the forum -

Last week, they 'fessed up that the Ukraine war is basically run from a US command center in Wiesbaden, Germany (and always was), with US personnel directly involved in the decision/action loops for lethal strikes, including inside Russia. It has continued with Trump in office, so he can't fully wash his hands of it.

Now, the Times is concerned that the US doesn't have the logistical depth it needs for long term ops:



Setting Trump up for the "we told him so" moment. The Carl Vinson isn't in Centcom yet, but only days away now. Big confluence of forces and it will be a decision point soon. He needs to back off, he's being baited.

As a side note, has the US Congress declared war on Houthis or Iran? Is this under pre-existing blanket war power authority? Is there some raging debate on Capitol Hill that I have missed? Or are we attacking Iran because we don't like it, and we have established bipartisan practice to do so?
 
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