[PghBaldy]

"Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which has been battling Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea for nearly nine months." --- they've been battling a rag-tag gang of misfits for nine months? Something is very wrong with our defence policies.

[shotgun]

Someone should introduce Mr. Houthi to Mr. Napalm. Can you say Linebacker III bombing campaign?

[JackFromTexas]

I agree.
The best way for a carrier, or anybody, to defend against such attacks is to destroy, as quickly and as thoroughly as you can, anhything that might be, carry, store or operate a weapon.
Once you destroy Truk or Rabaul as a functioal base, you bypass it without having to worry about it. They have mad the bush about it.de their intentions clear. We should not beat aroun