Houthi leaders threaten to attack U.S. warships...
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Let’s wait and see what Biden does first. Many, possibly even yourself, will be supportive no matter what he does.
How NOT to Win Friends and Influence People.
Biden, politically, is in a no win situation.
No matter what he does...he pisses off either Palestinians, Jews, Arabs, or any other sympathizers of any ME group.
What scares me the most right now is a potential clean sweep by Republicans next November.
Even though the economy/job market is strong and the abortion stance favors Dems...just too many other potholes for Biden.
Trump back in the WH scares the beeJeezus out of me.
This is one of those things that seems like a good idea until you’re in bookings at the Cook County Jail.
I am very worried Trump will win if he’s nominated, but strangely it’s still Biden’s best shot at re-election.
I believe Haley or DeSantis beat Biden easily.
Couple dozen people that need to spend their holidays in jail.
Yep. . Even if i agree with your position, you arent winning hearts and minds by pissing people off.
A drone fired by Yemen‘s Houthi rebels hit a commercial oil tanker in the Red Sea on Saturday, Pentagon officials said, while the Iran-backed group launched another four attack drones toward a U.S. warship in the region.
The attacks represent a direct challenge by the Iran-affiliated Houthis to the U.S., which recently launched an international task force to protect merchant ships in the increasingly dangerous waterways. The weekend brought fresh reminders of how serious the situation in the Red Sea has become.
In one incident, the Houthis fired four attack drones toward an American warship, the USS Laboon. The ship shot down the drones before they reached their target. There were no injuries or damage, according to U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East.
It’s the latest in a string of direct clashes between U.S. forces and the Houthis, who control parts of Yemen and have ramped up attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. The U.S. has mostly warded off the Houthi attacks, but on one occasion recently, the Houthis shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the coast of Yemen.
The Houthis are now also targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea. U.S. officials said the Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles “into international shipping lanes” on Saturday, though no vessels were hit. The Houthis also launched an attack drone toward a Norwegian-flagged chemical and oil tanker. The ship reported a “near miss,” officials said, and the drone apparently crashed into the sea.
But another Houthi drone did reach its target. U.S. officials said the M/V SAIBABA, a Gabon-owned, Indian-flagged crude oil tanker, was struck by the Houthi unmanned craft. No one was injured.
“These attacks represent the 14th and 15th attacks on commercial shipping by Houthi militants since Oct. 17,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
The attacks represent a direct challenge by the Iran-affiliated Houthis to the U.S., which recently launched an international task force to protect merchant ships in the increasingly dangerous waterways. The weekend brought fresh reminders of how serious the situation in the Red Sea has become.
In one incident, the Houthis fired four attack drones toward an American warship, the USS Laboon. The ship shot down the drones before they reached their target. There were no injuries or damage, according to U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East.
It’s the latest in a string of direct clashes between U.S. forces and the Houthis, who control parts of Yemen and have ramped up attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. The U.S. has mostly warded off the Houthi attacks, but on one occasion recently, the Houthis shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the coast of Yemen.
The Houthis are now also targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea. U.S. officials said the Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles “into international shipping lanes” on Saturday, though no vessels were hit. The Houthis also launched an attack drone toward a Norwegian-flagged chemical and oil tanker. The ship reported a “near miss,” officials said, and the drone apparently crashed into the sea.
But another Houthi drone did reach its target. U.S. officials said the M/V SAIBABA, a Gabon-owned, Indian-flagged crude oil tanker, was struck by the Houthi unmanned craft. No one was injured.
“These attacks represent the 14th and 15th attacks on commercial shipping by Houthi militants since Oct. 17,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
I mentioned this in another thread, but the Laboon is one of the destroyers we repurposed for anti-piracy ship escort.
It’s not practical to have those escort every ship, but these missiles and drones aren’t going to do jack shit while it’s there. They’ve had extensive training in knocking down everything from RPGs to Zircons.
This is Israel’s war and all, but the combat experience the U.S. Navy is getting throughout this is invaluable. Of course they’re already the world’s best, but they’ll only get better.
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that its forces opened fire on Houthi rebels after they attacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea, killing several of them in an escalation of the maritime conflict linked to the war in Gaza.
In a series of statements, the U.S. Central Command said the crew of the USS Gravely destroyer first shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired at the Singapore-flagged Maersk Hangzhou late Saturday, after the vessel reported getting hit by a missile earlier that evening as it sailed through the Southern Red Sea.
Four small boats then attacked the same cargo ship with small arms fire early Sunday and rebels tried to board the vessel, the U.S. Navy said.
Next, the USS Gravely and helicopters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier responded to the Maersk Hangzhou's distress call and issued verbal warnings to the attackers, who responded by firing on the helicopters.
“The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense,” sinking three of the four boats and killing the people on board while the fourth boat fled the area, the U.S. Central Command said. No harm to U.S. personnel or equipment, or casualties from the cargo ship, were reported.
The Houthis acknowledged that 10 of their fighters were killed in the confrontation and warned of consequences.
The events surrounding the Maersk Hangzhou represented the 23rd illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since Nov. 19, the Central Command said. It was the first time the U.S. Navy said its personnel had killed Houthi fighters since the Red Sea attacks started.
For over a month, Iran-backed Houthis have claimed attacks on ships in the Red Sea that they say are either linked to Israel or heading to Israeli ports. They say their attacks aim to end the Israeli air-and-ground offensive in the Gaza Strip that was triggered by the Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct.7 attack in southern Israel.
However, the links to the ships targeted in the rebel assaults have grown more tenuous as the attacks continue.
The Denmark-based shipping giant Maersk, owner of Maersk Hangzhou, said Sunday it would suspend shipping through the Red Sea again after the two attacks on its freighter.
“In light of the (most recent) incident — and to give time to investigate the details of the incident and assess the security situation further — it has been decided that all transits through the area will be postponed for the next 48 hours,” Maersk was quoted as saying by the Danish public broadcaster DR.
On Saturday, the top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East said Houthi rebels have shown no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea even as more nations join the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the vital waterway and trade traffic begins to pick up.
Earlier this month, Washington announced the establishment of a new international coalition to protect vessels traveling through the waterway. The United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain are also part of the new maritime security mission.
Since the Pentagon announced Operation Prosperity Guardian to counter the attacks just over 10 days ago, 1,200 merchant ships have traveled through the Red Sea region, and none had been hit by drone or missile strikes, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper told The Associated Press in an interview on Saturday.
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In a series of statements, the U.S. Central Command said the crew of the USS Gravely destroyer first shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired at the Singapore-flagged Maersk Hangzhou late Saturday, after the vessel reported getting hit by a missile earlier that evening as it sailed through the Southern Red Sea.
Four small boats then attacked the same cargo ship with small arms fire early Sunday and rebels tried to board the vessel, the U.S. Navy said.
Next, the USS Gravely and helicopters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier responded to the Maersk Hangzhou's distress call and issued verbal warnings to the attackers, who responded by firing on the helicopters.
“The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense,” sinking three of the four boats and killing the people on board while the fourth boat fled the area, the U.S. Central Command said. No harm to U.S. personnel or equipment, or casualties from the cargo ship, were reported.
The Houthis acknowledged that 10 of their fighters were killed in the confrontation and warned of consequences.
The events surrounding the Maersk Hangzhou represented the 23rd illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since Nov. 19, the Central Command said. It was the first time the U.S. Navy said its personnel had killed Houthi fighters since the Red Sea attacks started.
For over a month, Iran-backed Houthis have claimed attacks on ships in the Red Sea that they say are either linked to Israel or heading to Israeli ports. They say their attacks aim to end the Israeli air-and-ground offensive in the Gaza Strip that was triggered by the Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct.7 attack in southern Israel.
However, the links to the ships targeted in the rebel assaults have grown more tenuous as the attacks continue.
The Denmark-based shipping giant Maersk, owner of Maersk Hangzhou, said Sunday it would suspend shipping through the Red Sea again after the two attacks on its freighter.
“In light of the (most recent) incident — and to give time to investigate the details of the incident and assess the security situation further — it has been decided that all transits through the area will be postponed for the next 48 hours,” Maersk was quoted as saying by the Danish public broadcaster DR.
On Saturday, the top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East said Houthi rebels have shown no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea even as more nations join the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the vital waterway and trade traffic begins to pick up.
Earlier this month, Washington announced the establishment of a new international coalition to protect vessels traveling through the waterway. The United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain are also part of the new maritime security mission.
Since the Pentagon announced Operation Prosperity Guardian to counter the attacks just over 10 days ago, 1,200 merchant ships have traveled through the Red Sea region, and none had been hit by drone or missile strikes, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper told The Associated Press in an interview on Saturday.
US Navy helicopters fire at Yemen's Houthi rebels and kill several in latest Red Sea shipping attack
The U.S. military said Sunday that its forces opened fire on Houthi rebels after they attacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea, killing several of them in an escalation of the maritime conflict linked to the war in Gaza. In a series of statements, the U.S. Central Command said the crew of the USS...
Probably time to just say F it and destroy all the Houthi anti shipping capabilities.
Probably take 12 or so hrs…be done with it
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna131737
Probably take 12 or so hrs…be done with it
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna131737
No doubt we could take out anything we find with F-18s, but I’d expect it to turn into never ending whack-a-mole.
The missiles we defend our fleets with are around half a million a pop. We need to scale up those portable nuclear reactors, slide one into an VLS, and have unlimited laser ammo for shooting down cheap ass drones.
You have to be closer, but we can convoy things past the choke point. It’s not like we need to convoy them across the Atlantic.
Put the Ike back in the Gulf of Oman and deny the Indian Ocean to Iran launched drones.
UK and US to launch strikes against Houthis ‘within hours’ over Red Sea attacks, report says
- British PM Rishi Sunak has briefed his cabinet on the imminent military intervention, the report adds
- The leader of the Yemeni rebels has threatened a ‘big’ response to the US and its allies if they proceed with such action against his group
Britain is expected to join the United States in conducting air strikes on military positions belonging to the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen “within hours”, the political editor for the Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Downing Street office did not respond to a request for comment, while the US typically does not comment on potential future military operations.
“The Houthis need to stop these attacks … they will bear the consequences for any failure to do so,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday.
Sunak briefed his cabinet of ministers on the imminent military intervention earlier on Thursday, the Times report said.
Yemen’s Houthi fighters behind Red Sea attacks threaten to disrupt global trade
British media also reported that other political figures, including the leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, as well as the speaker of the House of Commons, had been briefed by the government.
The leader of Yemen’s Houthis has threatened a “big” response to the US and its allies if they proceed with military action against his group.
“We’ll confront the American aggression,” Abdul Malik Al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday. “Any American attack won’t go unpunished.”
Al-Houthi said the scale of the response would surpass an attack carried out by the Iran-backed group on shipping lanes on Tuesday, which involved two dozen drones and a barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles. The assault was described by the US military as the largest to date.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Downing Street office did not respond to a request for comment, while the US typically does not comment on potential future military operations.
“The Houthis need to stop these attacks … they will bear the consequences for any failure to do so,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday.
Sunak briefed his cabinet of ministers on the imminent military intervention earlier on Thursday, the Times report said.
Yemen’s Houthi fighters behind Red Sea attacks threaten to disrupt global trade
British media also reported that other political figures, including the leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, as well as the speaker of the House of Commons, had been briefed by the government.
The leader of Yemen’s Houthis has threatened a “big” response to the US and its allies if they proceed with military action against his group.
“We’ll confront the American aggression,” Abdul Malik Al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday. “Any American attack won’t go unpunished.”
Al-Houthi said the scale of the response would surpass an attack carried out by the Iran-backed group on shipping lanes on Tuesday, which involved two dozen drones and a barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles. The assault was described by the US military as the largest to date.
The DoJ has indicted four men who were transporting Iranian weapons to the Houthis, and as the result of a raid on their dhow 2 Navy SEALs were killed.
https://apnews.com/article/navy-seals-death-yemen-ship-charges-f23e236630c74a52003729f893d69725
https://apnews.com/article/navy-seals-death-yemen-ship-charges-f23e236630c74a52003729f893d69725
