...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s and efforts by the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
to protect international shipping, German officials say.
Shipping risks have increased due to repeated strikes by the Iran-aligned Houthis in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait since November in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Paleostinians against Israel in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
war.
US and British forces have responded with several
...
KABOOM!...
s on Houthi facilities but have so far failed to halt the attacks.
The German navy frigate Hessen, which was deployed earlier this month to the region, shot the drones down within 20 minutes of each one being fired, a defense ministry spokesperson tells a news briefing, declining comment on the target of the projectiles.
"They were recognized by the radar system and had a different range. That’s why two different weapons were used," the ministry spokesperson says.
The warship identified a suspicious drone on Monday but was unable to shoot it down successfully, the spokesperson adds.
"This is... probably the most dangerous deployment of the German navy for many, many years," a German government spokesperson tells the briefing separately.
"The increased insurance costs, along with the diversion of ships to longer routes to avoid high-risk areas, will strain global supply chains," he says.
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German frigate nearly shoots down an Allied drone in the Red Sea by mistake
The German Navy frigate Hessen mistakenly tried to shoot down an Allied drone during an attack by the Yemeni Houthis in the Red Sea, reports the German news agency DPA.
Hessen reportedly hit two attacking drones and nearly shot down an allied drone at the same time.
This was the first combat use of the German Navy during Operation Aspides (“Shields”), which Germany regards as “the most dangerous mission of recent decades,” the material says.
As Regnum reported, the decision to launch Operation Aspides against the backdrop of attacks by the Yemeni Houthis was published on February 12 in the Official Journal of the EU. It is assumed that the operation will take place in the area of the Bab el-Mandeb and Hormuz Straits, in the Gulf of Aden, the international waters of the Red and Arabian Seas, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf.
The EU clarified that Operation Aspides to ensure the safety of navigation in the Red Sea will be launched for a period of one year. Ships voluntarily provided by EU countries will take part in the operation. Germany and Belgium have already agreed to do this.
On February 22, earlier, the leader of the Ansar Allah movement, Abdel Malik al-Houthi, said that in 20 weeks since the start of the organization’s military operations in the Red and Arabian Seas, the group had attacked 48 sea vessels. He warned that the Houthis would escalate their attacks.
US military says it shot down Houthi drones that posed ‘imminent threat’ to ships in Red Sea
[IsraelTimes] The US Central Command says US aircraft and a coalition warship shot down five one-way attack drones in the Red Sea that originated from Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
-controlled areas in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
The drones "presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and to the US Navy and coalition ships in the region," CENTCOM says in a statement on Wednesday.