[5inch38gunner]

This is a loosing engagement for us. The rebs only need one hit out of -100 missiles and we need 100 shoot downs to stay alive. So Maersk and other owners know this.
Ship versus shore fire favors shore in duels. NVN taught me that In Tonkin gulf.

[Alas Babylon!]

So what do we do? Close the Red Sea?

Destroy Israel like the Paleys and Iranians want?

What’s a way out that doesn’t lead to another round of inflation?

Because closing the Red Sea and therefore the Suez canal and tanker traffic thru the Mediterranean will greatly raise prices on goods worldwide.

It is like throwing a rock in a pond. Ripples go out everywhere.

[Carriage Hill]

We’re sitting targets in that sea, without an offensive strategy. We shouldn’t be there.

[hanamizu]

This is a loosing engagement for us.

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You might well be right. Because of geography the Houthis are likely quite able to close off the Red Sea to shipping. The question is, can the naval powers that be allow this to happen?

Think of all of the maritime choke points in the world. What if Morocco started firing missiles at ships entering the Mediterranean Sea or if Indonesia or Malaysia effectively closed the Strait of Malacca?

Historically this kind of behavior has been dealt with either by bribes or war.