Houthi Red Sea Blockade

[OldSolduer]

Yeah, it basically just hasn’t stopped. There have been additional hits on civilian vessels in the past week or so.

At some point someone is going to get impatient and whack a few Houthis.

 

[KevinB]

At some point someone is going to get impatient and whack a few Houthis.

We did last week again.

It’s much like areas of Iraq and Afghanistan, you can play whack a mole till the cows come home - for everyone you kill there are 4-5 desperate people that want a job (or don’t have a choice)

 

[Colin Parkinson]

The Houthi without the coast and the port of Hodeidah would be far less of a threat to everyone. My guess is this will continue till there is enough international will to push them back into the mountains.

 

[KevinB]

A USS Eisenhower pilot became the first American woman to score air-to-air kill

The aviator, part of Strike Fighter Squadron 32, took out a Houthi drone in the Red Sea as part of the Navy's intercept mission.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[Retired AF Guy]

The War Zone has an article (with video) showing a Houthi USV being engaged by a ship-borne security team that results in its destruction. Watching the video I'm thinking the team waited way too long before engaging the target. Also the writer states the rifles the security team are using as either "Steyr" or "Heckler and Koch G3 rifles" but to me they sure look like FN rifles!

Ship Security Team Appears To Detonate Explosive-Laden Houthi Drone Boat With Gunfire

An embarked security team fired about two dozen shots at the approaching Houthi drone boat, with it exploding just before it could cause any damage.

www.twz.com

 

[dimsum]

The War Zone has an article (with video) showing a Houthi USV being engaged by a ship-borne security team that results in its destruction. Watching the video I'm thinking the team waited way too long before engaging the target. Also the writer states the rifles the security team are using as either "Steyr" or "Heckler and Koch G3 rifles" but to me they sure look like FN rifles!

Ship Security Team Appears To Detonate Explosive-Laden Houthi Drone Boat With Gunfire

An embarked security team fired about two dozen shots at the approaching Houthi drone boat, with it exploding just before it could cause any damage.

www.twz.com

The H&K G3 does look similar to the FN FAL unless you look at them very closely.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

The H&K G3 does look similar to the FN FAL unless you look at them very closely.

True, but to me it still looks like a FN!

 

[Colin Parkinson]

A not so successful intercept of a drone boat

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Jesus. Wept. Terrible marksmanship.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Jesus. Wept. Terrible marksmanship.

When you get your ship protection from Wish

 

[KevinB]

Russia Provided Targeting Data for Houthi Assault on Global Shipping — The Wall Street Journal

Moscow’s assistance in attacks that are disrupting trade shows how the Kremlin is seeking to tie up the U.S. in the Middle East

apple.news

 

[suffolkowner]

Russia Provided Targeting Data for Houthi Assault on Global Shipping — The Wall Street Journal

Moscow’s assistance in attacks that are disrupting trade shows how the Kremlin is seeking to tie up the U.S. in the Middle East

apple.news

escalation management at work

 

[YZT580]

escalation management at work

how many red lines do they have to cross?

 

[OldSolduer]

Russia Provided Targeting Data for Houthi Assault on Global Shipping — The Wall Street Journal

Moscow’s assistance in attacks that are disrupting trade shows how the Kremlin is seeking to tie up the U.S. in the Middle East

apple.news

Perhaps a cruise missile up someone’s nether regions should be a thing

 

[KevinB]

how many red lines do they have to cross?

TBH, it should be a surprise.

We give data to Ukraine. / ergo we can’t expect that Russia won’t provide data to our enemies, especially since Russia doesn’t hold itself to any sort of political standard anyway.

We should just understand Russia isn’t a hostile competitor but a nation we are at war with.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Canada adds Houthis to "the list" ...

Canada lists Yemen's Houthi militant group as terrorist entity

OTTAWA - Canada has added Ansarallah, better known as the Houthi militant group, to its list of terrorist entities, following in the steps of allies like the United States.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

Government of Canada lists Ansarallah as a terrorist entity - Canada.ca

Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced that the Government of Canada has listed Ansarallah, commonly referred to as the Houthis, as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code.

www.canada.ca

... with this bit of backstory

Info-machine statement also archived here.