US Navy Deploys to Stop Houthi Attacks in Red Sea

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Increasing number of attacks in the Red Sea region at a global shipping check point by Houthis has pushed the US Navy to respond with a Task Force. To counter houthi attacks on cargo ships in the red sea the United States announced they’ve put together an international coalition of 10 official nations. What’s at stake here? Preventing these houthi attacks from blockading one of the worlds transited and most important shiping lanes for the global economy. The task force includes the united kingdom canada france and italy who will send guided missile drestroyers and air craft carriers to secure the water off yemens coast.

This Task Force has been dubbed Operation Prosperity guardian. But What prosperity is being guarded ? Take a look at the Red Sea behind me, 10% of all oil traded at sea passes through this route and about 1 trillion dollars in goods annually. 15% of global trade passes through here. That’s a lot of prosperity if you ask me.
Since November 19th 2023 Houthi factions in Yemen have launched 100 attacks with anti-ship missiles and attack drones at civilian cargo ships. Houthis hijacked the Galaxy Leader, an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a helicopter borne raid. They still hold the ship and its 25 crew members hostage. Today we’re going to explore why all this blatant tom foolery is happening , what the US naval response is going to be based on expert opinions and we’ll talk about some of the geopolitical issues at play .

So the first thing you need to know is The main assets the united states navy deploys in the region is the Arleigh Burke class destroyer. It’s about 155 meters long and displaces 9,700 tons with heckin’ 90 missiles onboard. The guided missile crusier can perform tactical land strikes with Tomahawk cruise missiles so if they detect Houthi positions on land they have the power to take them out. USS Carney, Thomas Hudner and Mason arleigh burke destroyers have already been deployed in the region. They have intercepted and shot down over 38 munitions fired by Houthi’s since november. According to former Admiral (Sta-vree-dees) Stavirdis The US Navy will command the new task force through the existing Task Force 153, which is a counter piracy flotilla based in Bahrain. This is one of 5 task forces and its dedicated to the red sea in part. I just like to say task force honestly.

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Things are going Buck Wild in the Red Sea right now to counter houy attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea the United States announced they put together an International Coalition of 10 Nations what that stare preventing these houthi attacks from blockading one of the world’s most transited and important

Shipping lanes for the global economy the task force includes the United Kingdom Canada Italy who will send guided missile destroyers and aircraft carriers to try to secure the waters off Yemen’s Coast this task force has been dubbed operation Prosperity Guardian but what Prosperity is being Guardian take a

Look at the Red Sea behind me 10% of all oil traded at Sea passes through this route and about $1 trillion in Goods annually 15% of global trade passes through here that’s a lot of prosperity if you ask me since November 19th 2023 houthi factions in Yemen have launched

100 attacks with anti- ship missiles and attack drones aimed at civilian cargo ships houthis hijacked the guy Galaxy leader which is an Israeli linked cargo ship in a helicopter born raid they still hold the ship and its 25 crew members hostage today we’re going to explore why all this blatant Tom Foolery

Is happening what the US Naval response is going to be based on Expert opinions and we’ll talk about some of the geopolitical factors at play so the first thing you need to know is the main assets the United States Navy deploys in this region is the Arley Burke class

Destroyer it’s about 155 m long and displaces 9,700 tons with hecking 90 missiles on board the guided missile Cruiser can perform tactical land strikes with Tomahawk cruise missiles so if they detect houthi positions on land they have the power to take them out the USS Carney Thomas hudner and Mason Arley

Burke destroyers have already been deployed in the region and they’ve intercepted and shot down over 38 Munitions fired by houthi since November according to former Admiral stes the US Navy will command the new task force through the existing task force 153 which is a counter piry flotilla based

In Bahrain this is one of five task forces and it’s dedicated to the Red Sea in part these Sailors on these ships have been on high alert basically under daily attack from drones and missiles for the past month the USS laboon Destroyer is also joining the team now

The Coalition of ships sent are likely going to have a mix of Interceptor missiles and tomahawks if they choose to destroy the houthi rebel positions on land now they also have a 5-in mark 45 Main gun that fires a 68lb munition that has a range of about 24 km or 14 Mi this

Cannon can be used in different rolls though including anti- ship anti-air and Naval gunfire support it has a fire rate of 20 rounds per minute with 680 rounds on ship that can be used for close Shore bombardment according to this open- Source intelligence report that I found there are five destroyers an aircraft

Carrier and two Landing ships in the region already and each of those Landing ships has about 1,600 Marine infantry that have all been stuck together at Sea trapped on that ship and are just dying for an excuse to go to shore five destroyers each with 90 missiles with some average infantryman math that’s

Like 450 missiles so far another report from @ skitso Intel on Twitter shows NATO submarines and additional vessels are already in the area all these locations are approximate and purposefully outdated by like a week so as not to break any obsc or put anyone

In danger but it gives us an idea of the increasing level of Firepower here you know me I’m a former US Army infantryman so I’m biased in favor of Israel and the United States and the West in general just put my cards on the table so you

Don’t feel like I’m hiding the ball when it comes to my perspective here I can’t help but feel some kind of way about all this you know I still do my best to present different perspectives here though we don’t know for certain how many more reinforcements will arrive but

What we do have an idea about is how many more they would need to secure this area thanks to this informative article written by former Admiral James stes for Bloomberg I recommend you check it out I put a link in the description to and follow him on Twitter because he’s

Probably the foremost expert when it comes to this Mission he’s deployed numerous times as a captain of a guided missile destroyer he led a carrier strike group in this specific region as a one-star rear Admiral and fought Somali pirates in the 2010s according to him he believes this new mission in the

Red Sea will be successful so long as they follow basic Mission tenants he points out this region of the Red Sea is massive it’s the size of California about 1,400 mil which means even if they sent 20 destroyers they would have a tough time securing it without good

Intelligence this is because it’s like trying to cover the entire United States Pacific Coast however I went and dug up some maps on the actual territory that houthis control in Yemen it’s about 300 Mi of territory along the Red Sea although it is theoretically possible that they could attack from other

Locations and given the max range of their missile systems which is about 2 to 400 miles this means just about the entire shipping Lane does need to be protected the former Admiral points out the mission would benefit from allies joining the task force like the UAE who

Has a nearby Port that can support the mission he points out that working closely with civilian ships is necessary to maximize their limited resources private security teams on board could also go a long way in helping to counter houy attacks and deter them but this begs the question is

This Mission going to be entirely defensive are they just going to be going there and intercepting missiles or is it going to have an offensive role as well are they going to take the fight to the houthis what can we expect when we’re expecting United States security official John Kirby gave some insight

Into that stating quote these attacks have to stop they need to stop the United States our allies and our partners will do what we have to do to counter these threats and to protect these ships now if I were to read in between the lines it sounds like to me

Someone as uncultured as me that the United States might be preparing to take the fight directly to the houthis this lines up with information that the Pentagon has recently moved the CVN 69 Nimitz class aircraft carrier and its strike group in into the Gulf of Aiden the naval commanders were reportedly

Given options for where to strike houthi forces if that decision was made what that tells me is that there’s likely Special Forces operators and jtacs already on the ground inside Yemen observing houthi locations right now their job would be to help guide air to ground bombs from the roughly 65 F-18

Super Hornets that are located on the aircraft carrier nearby they can surge up to 240 sorties or missions in a single day during non-stop 24-hour emergency conditions and it’s not just me making a wild guest pulling stuff out of my ass here I’m basing this off the US White House statement to Congress

That disclosed special forces are already operating on the ground in Yemen against Isis terrorists just so you know I’m going to be updating this information it’s a fluid situation so follow me on Instagram at Cappy Army for those updates so what kind of capabilities do the houthis have the

Houthis use two different types of anti-ship ballistic missiles called the ASF and the 10 kill the ASF I believe is the one that’s based on the Iranian fata 313 missiles it has a range of about 450 km or 270 Mi but they probably would have to get closer if they want to be

Certain to actually hit allegedly this missile uses GPS navigation to track a moving Target like a ship dozens of their missiles have missed their targets entirely so far and others have already been intercepted but it’s still concerning that two of the missiles did find their target and did strike ships

This munition has about a 300 kg Warhead or 660 lb which is a large munition certainly capable of Downing a ship if it hits the right spot houthis also have short range capabilities in their Arsenal there’s a phac missile which can hit targets about 140 km away and

According to Odin yarin and his article they have an anti-ship homing technology part of the capabilities of the Coalition warships though that are headed to the Red Sea right now include GPS jamming and other counter measured decoys to fool these kind of houthi missiles we don’t know for sure how many

Missiles the houthis have but we do know that in 2019 they launched 226 at Saudi Arabia that year which should give us an idea that they could keep this up into 2024 if they aren’t stopped you might be surprised to learn houthis have been attacking ships here since 2015 this

Isn’t anything new with over 40 incidents where they used Chinese c80 2 anti-ship cruise missiles houthi also fired at US Naval vessels in 2016 and the response back then was firing Tomahawk cruise missiles and hitting three houthi radar command stations according to Robert tals writing for the national news.com the

Houthi missiles are most likely made inside Iran in separate pieces and then smuggled by boat into Yemen where they’re reassembled evidence for this comes from a US security briefing in 2020 detailing how the Navy had found missile components headed to Yemen a houthi official was quoted as saying

Quote we have capabilities to sink your Fleet your submarines your warships the Red Sea will be your graveyard but what are the houthis trying to accomplish here what’s their endgame hypothetically the houthis have several possible motivations first they want to disrupt the global economy as much as possible

Second they’re likely trying to provoke a response from the United States that could lead to a wider Regional war and third they want to use the attacks as a way to pressure Israel to suspend its ground offensive in Gaza according to former rear Admiral James steres more likely explanation is that houthis are

Probing for weaknesses to set up future attacks by Iran against Western interests he also points out that the assaults will likely cause oil prices to rise which will benefit Iran and possibly increase Western pressure on Israel to scale back their campaign and Gaza houthi leadership made a statement

On December 9th and here’s their quote they said if Gaza does not receive the food and Medicine it needs all ships in the Red Sea Bound for Israel ports regardless of nationality will become a target for our Armed Forces evidence shows it’s not just Israeli linked ships

Though so far 100 cargo ships have been rerouted the 12 vessels attacked are linked to over 35 different countries around the world here’s a graphic that I think does a good job of showing the different locations and timeline of the escalation of houthi attacks over the past month by Damen Simon on Twitter

This is the bab Elman dab straight and it’s the most narrow point it’s only 18 Mi or like 29 km wide what that means it’s basically like your local two-way Suburban street that you drive down instead of a six Lane Super Highway 18 mies might sound like a lot but for

Massive cargo ships that can weigh up to 100,000 tons there’s only two channels for inbound and outbound traffic in military terms this is a choke point or a fatal funnel it makes your path predictable and therefore easier to Target with anti-ship cruise missiles the straight is located right next to

Yemen this vulnerability is why five of the world’s top shipping companies have decided to take the longer route all the way around Africa and say see you later bye to that once these companies announced they would stop risking going through here traffic through the Red Sea

Has now dropped by 35% at least and cost of insuring ships and cargo has doubled for those willing to venture through those costs are kindly passed on to you guessed it you and me when we purchase things the reason this hasn’t made front page news in the United States yet is

Likely because many of the ships can still make it to their destination just takes longer and cost more and no one has yet been killed if this continues and the attacks aren’t stopped you’re going to see gas prices Skyrocket and consumer good prices go up as well but

The main countryes hurting here is going to be Egypt who they have 1/4 of their whole economy depends on the transit fees that they earn through the Suez Canal 15% of Europe’s imported goods sail through here as well the houthi claim to be doing this to put pressure

On Israel’s economy which relies on Seaborn trade part of the reason this is kind of a perfect storm though right now is because another shipping Lane is in trouble at the same time a drought in Panama has meant that the Panama Canal doesn’t have enough water which means

They’ve had to cut the number of ships they let through when it rains it pores that’s a bad analogy the houthi rebels are backed by Iranian funding and weapon shipments although Iran publicly denies this if you ask me personally if you know my just my personal thoughts I

Think Iran has learned over the decades that having plausible deniability is important because when the Iranian Navy planted sea mines in the Gulf of Aiden to disrupt free navigation in the 1980s and they hit a US frigate the US Navy responded by destroying half of Iran’s Navy in operation praying mantis so if

You ask me Iran learned to use the houthi rebels to take the heat for them this time although I should tell you that others claim the houthis are acting under their own agency so who is the houthi movement they’re also known as Ana rala or supporters of God there are

Shia faction inside the Yemen Civil War in 2021 the Biden Administration took the houthi faction off the foreign terrorist organization list they stated their reason for doing this was to ease tensions and help to end the war there but after the attacks on civilian cargo ships there’s now increased pressure to

Return the group back to the terror list during the Yemen Civil War the houthis gained control over the alhuda port in a major we’re going to have to wait to see how effective US Naval power will be how large the Coalition grows and what effect the Israeli campaign in Gaza will

Have on all this I’m your average infantryman Chris Cappy follow me at Cappy Army on Instagram signing off this net time now