British warships lack firepower to attack Houthi land targets

The Telegraph ^ | 1/28/24 | edward malnick

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Britain’s warships cannot attack Houthi targets on land because they lack the firepower, in a situation described by former defence chiefs as a “scandal”.

None of the Royal Navy’s destroyers or frigates have the ability to fire missiles at targets on land, leaving the US to carry out the majority of strikes on Houthi targets with support from RAF planes based 1,500 miles away.

A British defence source said HMS Diamond, the destroyer stationed in the Red Sea, had not joined retaliatory strikes on Houthi targets because it did not have “the capability to fire to land targets”. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it had instead been “directly involved in successfully destroying Houthi drones targeting shipping in the Red Sea”.

This weekend, a British-linked container ship caught fire after becoming the latest vessel targeted by Houthi rebels.

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I didn’t know that they only had Royal Navy destroyers and frigates. A nice heavy cruiser with 12 inch guns would work well. Don’t really think anything large for bombarded would be needed.

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I believe both of those vessels are long time musuems.