Houthis Threaten to Expand Range of Targets in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden

U.S. Naval Institute ^ | MAY 6, 2024 | HEATHER MONGILIO

[Retain Mike]

If the Houthis make good on their threats, it would be an escalation of their attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. To date, they claim attacks have been limited to ships going to Israel or those with connections to Israel, the United States and the United Kingdom. The Pentagon disputes that claim and has said that the Houthis have targeted multinational ships. In at least one instance, the Houthis have targeted at least one Chinese ship, according to USNI News’ timeline of activity in the Red Sea. It is possible that the Houthis were using old information and did not realize the ship now had Chinese ownership, USNI News reported at the time.

The spokesperson did not respond to USNI News’ questions asking how Central Command might restructure in order to counter the Houthi threat in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Nor did they answer a question about reorganization in the Med in response to the Houthi claim the group could target ships heading to Israel.

The Houthis’ decision to act against international shipping in the Red Sea does not have to do with Israel, Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told USNI News over the weekend. Instead, this was a decision made long ago.

“Lest we forget, the Houthis are the only element of Iran’s Axis of Resistance with anti-ship ballistic missiles. These might be paired with anti-ship cruise missiles, drones, mines, and speed boats to maximize the harassment threat,” he said.

[Chode]

and we’ll just expand out target packages then! wait, never mind...

[mistfree]

I think I’ve found a use for those two thousand pound bombs that the Biden admin. won’t send to Israel.

[Leaning Right]

No worries! We’ll just shoot down the Houthi’s $2000 drones with our $2,000,000 anti-drone missiles.

Oh, wait. Somebody looks really stupid here. And it’s not the Houthis.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4501958-houthi-fight-pentagon-cost/

[DIRTYSECRET]

Just get those carriers out of the way even if it shows weakness. An ounce of prevention....

[rdcbn1]

It's really simple. This is not about Houthis, it's about Yemen

Yemen is waging a terrorist war against the region

It's time to stop treating Yemen like a victim afflicted with Houthi terrorists, it's time to treat Yemen like the terrorist proxy state for Iran that it is and act accordingly

One carrier group can reduce everything in Yemen to rubble that is worth reducing to rubble in a matter of days

Allowing Yemen to function and do business like a normal country while blowing through over a hundred billion in advanced weaponry on intercepting obsolete, crappy Houthi missiles from Iran and prosecuting ineffective pin prick retaliatory strikes aids against empty launch sites is a losing proposition

A really nice way to start dealing with the situation would be to shut down every harbor in Yemen to stop delivery of missiles and start dismantling Yemeni infrastructure to motivate Yemen to police its own country

Yemen leadership knows exactly who is shooting the missiles and where they can be found, if for no other reason than it's them