According to Reuters, on the morning of December 23, a Dutch shipping ship invested by Israeli billionaires was hit by a drone from the side and back near the Indian Ocean, and it happened violently.
According to a statement from the Indian Business Standard, the ship departed from Saudi Arabia on December 19 with a full load** and is expected to arrive at the port of New Mangalore in southern India on December 26. At a distance of 370 km from the west coast of India, hit **. 1 Vietnamese crew member and 20 Indian crew members on board acted actively and successfully extinguished the fire, but no one was there.
Many of the ships in previous Houthi attacks were located in the Red Sea, but this time the attack was closer to India, and the war in Gaza has spilled over again.
Since 1007, Iran has armed Lebanese Allah, the Syrian coalition, and Iraqi Shiite militias, and launched rocket and drone attacks on nearby US military bases as many as 100 times
Admittedly or not, the US military and the United States behind it are in decline.
Of the 96 ships from 10 countries that the US military organized to escort this time, 13 of them were dispatched, including the USS Eisenhower nuclear-powered aircraft carrier strike group. However, the U.S. military has made such a big move that it has not issued a pre-war message against the Houthis and Iran. For example, it is surprising to fight *** to maintain human values, etc., and to use a "correct" reason for escort.
Look at the "incorrect" reasons used by the U.S. military to send troops after World War II.
In 1950, the United States launched the Korean War without the authorization of the United Nations to curb Soviet communism and safeguard the freedom and democracy of capital. In response, the 17-nation coalition army was gathered, with a strength of up to 930,000. Even Belgium and Luxembourg sent thousands of troops.
In 1990, the United States launched the Gulf War on the grounds of safeguarding Kuwait's sovereignty and petrodollar hegemony. Raise your arms and shout, gather the 38-nation coalition forces. Nine Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, have sent troops, with a total of 660,000 troops.
In 2001, the United States launched a war in Afghanistan against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in the name of counterterrorism. At its peak, there were 150,000 allied troops from 11 countries, including Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines.
In 2003, the United States also launched the Iraq War on the pretext of preserving the petrodollar. Gather a huge 34-nation coalition army. Although there is no authorization from the United Nations, there are still many responders, and even Ukraine and Japan have sent thousands of people to participate in the war, with a total of 290,000 troops.
This time, the United States asked Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Arab countries, which have also suffered economic losses, to participate. The question is, the corpses of 70,000 Saudi Arabian coalition troops are still lying in Yemen, and more than a billion dollars of equipment have been given to the Houthis
Looking at the entire Middle East, the only troop is the Bahrain Prince's Army, which is home to the largest U.S. naval base in the Middle East. The Bahraini Navy, which has a total of 400 people and only a few missile boats, sent staff officers this time. Canada, Norway and the Netherlands sent a total of 12 staff officers to discuss the plan. Britain and France have said that they already have a ship in the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy, and they really don't have the skills to get out.
It seems that if there is a war this time, it is estimated that it can only be called the US-Hu War in history.
The last time the U.S. military concentrated in the east on such a large scale, it was also aimed at Iran, launching a military operation codenamed "Prayer Mantis" to carry out surgical strikes on Iran.
Since 1984, the Iran-Iraq war has entered a phase of stalemate. Iraqi Saddam Hussein began to attack Iranian oil tankers on his own initiative in order to strike at Iran's sustained combat capability. Subsequently, not to be outdone, Iran joined the ship raid. Soon, the scope of the attack was extended to the Strait of Hormuz, and multinational civilian ships, including those of the United States and the Soviet Union, were attacked. The United States and the Soviet Union began to escort one after another. In 1988, the USS Samus Roberts, a missile frigate escorting the ship, was seriously damaged by a mine, injuring 10 people and seriously injuring 3 others.
At the peak of the Cold War, the US military endured this bad breath. The United States quickly decided to launch a military operation against Iran, codenamed "Praying Mantis."
The U.S. military sent six nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle groups to kill Iran. The course of the battle was also very simple, almost completely destroying the Iranian Navy in just one day, achieving a military purpose.
After years of struggle, Iran and other anti-US forces have understood very well that a head-to-head confrontation with the US military is tantamount to seeking their own death. Suicide drones and anti-ship missiles are the weapons for launching asymmetric attacks on **。In addition, sea freighters have no defense, and the use of drones and anti-ship missiles can cause effective damage, and if you want to attack **, you need to use suicide drones. Because of the complete air defense and anti-missile system, the suicide drone target is smaller, the speed is slow, the radar reflection is weak, and it is not easy to be detected. In addition, the cost of drones is very low, even Iran's most advanced Shaheed-136 drone costs only $20,000 and has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers.
Typical Aegis defense systems in the United States include the AN SPY-1A multifunctional phased array radar, the MK99 fire control subsystem, and the MK41 or MK26 missile launch system, which launches Standard-2 or Standard-3 ship-to-air missiles.
In April 2019, the United States sent 56 Standard-3 ship-to-air missiles to Japan, with a valuation of 1$1.5 billion, with an average value of $2.05 million per piece, even if the US military uses it for its own use, millions of dollars must be available.
Now, the Houthis and the Iranian forces behind them are trying to deplete the US military. The use of drones to attack US ships is very cost-effective. The missiles of the US and Israeli air defense systems are too expensive, and there is an extreme lack of cheap air defense**.
Iran does not have the capability to confront the US military directly, but the troubles created by these little brothers are all effective. The Israeli army has mobilized 300,000 people to participate in the war, 60,000 troops are involved in the front line, the war is very expensive, and the Houthis are now blockading the Israeli army's maritime lifeline.
Obviously, it is easy to see that the Houthis have hurt the US military, and the Israeli army has become more annoying, and it really affects the whole body.