Wag the Dog - Here's a Houthi missile launch site. These strikes are not an effective deter.
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| US attacks 14 Yemeni Houthi missile launchers |
| 2024-01-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The United States has confirmed an attack on Houthi missile launchers in Yemen. The corresponding statement was made by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on January 17. “Central Command forces targeted 14 Iranian-backed Houthi missiles that were ready to be launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen,” the statement said. It is clarified that the missile launchers posed a direct threat to merchant ships and US Navy ships in the region. The strikes on Houthi targets were intended to reduce their ability to continue “irresponsible attacks” on international shipping in the Red Sea, CENTCOM added. As Regnum reported, on January 17, the United States launched the fourth series of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The Houthi-owned Al Masirah television channel indicated that the attack was carried out in the provinces of Damar, Saada, Taiz, Hodeida, and Al-Bayda. Houthi targets in the Al-Qarn camp south of the city of Damar were struck at least three times. Explosions were also heard near Hodeidah airport. Information about deaths and destruction is not provided. On the same day, the command of the US Armed Forces, in a statement, confirmed the shelling of an American merchant ship off the coast of Yemen. The bulk carrier Genco Picardy suffered “some damage”, but the crew were not injured. The ship was attacked by the Houthis in the Gulf of Aden with an attack drone. More from regnum.ru Houthis say they will continue shelling American ships And the US Navy graciously accepts the challenge to be their targets. The Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) will continue to attack American military and commercial ships, said Khuzam al-Assad, a member of the Politburo of the organization ruling in northern Yemen. The day before, the United States returned the Ansar Allah movement to the lists of international terrorist organizations. “We consider our inclusion by the United States in the list of terrorist organizations as political blackmail so that we retreat from our positions,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying. According to him, the measures taken by Washington will not stop the movement, which “will continue to support the brothers in Gaza in every possible way.” As Regnum reported, on January 15, the Houthis confirmed a missile attack on a US ship in the Gulf of Aden. The military representative of the Yemeni movement, Yahya Saria, noted that the hit was direct. On January 17, the United States launched its fourth series of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The Houthi-owned Al Masirah television channel indicated that the attack was carried out in the provinces of Damar, Saada, Taiz, Hodeida, and Al-Bayda. On January 18, the Ansar Allah movement announced an attack on another American ship in the Gulf of Aden after the US and British Navy began bombing their positions. The Western coalition does not take into account the deaths of civilians in Yemen and other countries, since it then expects to rewrite history, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. According to her, this is happening because representatives of the West know that “then they will burn any history textbook, erase any tablet, demolish any monument that will testify to the facts, and write a false textbook, erect a false monument and nail a false tablet.” Yet, again more from regnum.ru US confirms the shelling of an American ship off the coast of Yemen The unified command of the US Armed Forces confirmed in a statement on the social network X the shelling of an American merchant ship off the coast of Yemen. The military clarified that the cargo ship Genco Picardy received “some damage”, but the crew was not injured. The ship was attacked in the Gulf of Aden by an attack drone. “The strike was launched from Yemeni territory, which is controlled by the Houthis,” American military leaders admitted. As Regnum reported, the Iran-backed Yemeni movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) announced an attack on another American ship in the Gulf of Aden after the US and British Navy began bombing their positions. Representative of the Yemeni movement Yahya Saria stated this on the Al-Masirah TV channel. On January 15, the Houthis confirmed a missile attack on a US ship in the Gulf of Aden. The military representative of the Yemeni movement, Yahya Saria, noted that the hit was direct. All American and British ships and units participating in military aggression against Yemen are regarded as “enemy targets,” he emphasized. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #11 The "inexpensive threat" brings a huge ROI if it damages a naval vessel. Some call this "asymmetrical warfare." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-01-19 13:27 |
| #10 “[I have] no idea what specific doctrine our ships are using in the Red Sea, but you generally train to use multiple missiles per engagement,” Holmes said. “If it’s an SM-2 engagement … the latest variant of the SM-2 seems to run about $2.4 million per round, so you’re talking just under $5 million to bring down what is probably an inexpensive threat. And again, weapons expended in the Red Sea are weapons not available in the primary theater, East Asia, and are not quickly replaced.” https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/01/18/what-the-navy-is-learning-from-its-fight-in-the-red-sea/ |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-01-19 13:19 |
| #9 #6 - Mossomo - please limit width to <500, thx |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-01-19 13:18 |
| #8 props to intel and the Central Command for locating the launchers and blowing them up unfortunately the Houthis may have a hundred or so launchers remaining |
| Posted by: lord garth 2024-01-19 13:11 |
| #7 ^ You are correct. It's not like the DoD didn't have 20 plus years of fighting against this sort of primitive enemy in Afghanistan to figure it out. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-01-19 12:48 |
| #6 Wag the Dog - Here's a Houthi missile launch site. These strikes are not an effective deter. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-01-19 12:38 |
| #5 “When you say working, are they stopping the Houthis?” Biden said in an exchange with reporters in Washington, D.C. “No. Are they going to continue? Yes.” The White House redesignated the Houthis as a terrorist organization on Wednesday, after delisting the group in 2021. Sounds like all of Biden's projects. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2024-01-19 12:13 |
| #3 ^IMO, Western Elites do everything right - if you assume that they are secretly ruled by aliens whose purpose is extermination of Humanity. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-19 07:11 |
| #2 I hope you don't expect this administration to do anything right grom. |
| Posted by: Chris 2024-01-19 05:03 |
| #1 Sometimes "making a gesture" is worse than not doing anything at all. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-19 00:27 |