Synopsis: Houthi drones over the Red Sea are attacking in turn, and it seems that the U.S. military's precision interceptor missiles are not missing, but every time they intercept it, their hearts are dripping blood: the cost is too expensive.Hello audience friends, welcome to watch Xu Xudao:
At the beginning of October this year, the US military dispatched two aircraft carrier battle groups to sail into the Mediterranean Sea in a bravaful manner to deter Iran and other Middle Eastern countries and embolden Israel.
But the United States probably never dreamed that its opponent this time was not Hamas or Iran, but the Houthi armed forces at the southern end of the Red Sea. What he didn't expect was that this time in the Red Sea armed escort, the US military was actually passive and defenseless.
A few days ago, the U.S. Command issued a statement saying that the U.S. ** ship intercepted 12 suicide drones, 2 cruise missiles and 3 anti-ship ballistic missiles from the Houthis over the Red Sea that day.
This news sounds like the US military has won an operational victory, successfully intercepting all the incoming targets. In reality, however, such a result may be quite embarrassing to the United States, and may even change the pattern of the US war for a period of time to come, and may also change the intensity of US intervention in the Middle East.
First of all, it is quite expensive for the United States to carry out such interceptions. In the past two months, the United States has shot down nearly 40 drones from the Houthis in the Red Sea, and the number of these drones may be as low as 2,000 to tens of thousands of dollars.
The unit price of interceptor missiles used by the United States to intercept these drones may be around $1 million to $2 million. This kind of game of cannon hitting mosquitoes, even the deep-pocketed United States will not last long.
As an aside, the Houthis' suicide drones are relatively high-end, and in the Middle East battlefield in the past few years, some armed groups even tied bombs to drones to bomb US military bases.
On the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, the Russian army used a large number of high-quality and inexpensive suicide drones, known as "flying motorcycles". There have even been drones made of cardboard, which can also inflict precision damage on the enemy.
If the Houthi drones continue to be low-end, the United States may have to drip blood in its heart when it intercepts them.
Secondly, cruise missiles launched by the Houthis are very familiar to the United States and are easy to intercept. But this time, the missiles launched by the United States to intercept Houthi launched by the United States actually included anti-ship ballistic missiles.
In fact, as early as December 16, the Houthis had already used anti-ship ballistic missiles to strike Israeli merchant ships in the Red Sea. It was later confirmed that the missile was developed by Iran, the Persian Gulf anti-ship ballistic missile 2, which was the first time in human history that an anti-ship ballistic missile was used to attack a surface mobile ship in a real combat environment.
Seeing this news, the US military may not be most concerned about the Houthis, but about his biggest imaginary enemy, China.
International military circles generally believe that the Dongfeng-21D, which the PLA is equipped with, is the world's first anti-ship ballistic missile in service, and this missile has not been used in actual combat.
This time, however, the Houthis indirectly demonstrated the combat performance of the PLA's anti-ship ballistic missiles. The Houthis use Iranian-made Persian Gulf anti-ship ballistic missile 2, known in China as the DF-11.
In the PLA's missile family, the DF-11 is relatively backward, and it is widely believed that this missile has been retired and has been replaced by the more advanced DF-16 missile.
That is, the anti-ship ballistic missiles of the Houthis have actually long been eliminated by China. In addition to the DF-21D, the PLA is currently armed with the DF-26 anti-ship ballistic missile, which is the world's second large long-range anti-ship ballistic missile, and the range can cover the first military base in the United States. Within the first island chain, the United States is no longer safe.
What's more, this is just land-based missiles. On the eve of Navy Day 2022, China, in a semi-official form, confirmed the presence of the PLA YJ-21 anti-ship missile.
At that time, this missile was launched from the 055 large destroyer, and its range was estimated by foreign media to be about 500-1000 kilometers. In this case, the 055 destroyer can quite alone lead a fleet and hunt American aircraft carriers outside the defensive circle of the American aircraft carrier formation.
At the 2022 Zhuhai Air Show, the outside world found that the YJ-21 anti-ship ballistic missile was hanging on the H-6K, which proves that the air-launched YJ-21 is also in place.
The anti-ship ballistic missile, a new type of missile that is still being studied by the United States, has already been equipped in batches in the PLA. With this kind of anti-ship weapon, the PLA can make the United States correctly recognize itself.
This time, the US military has taken the Houthis by surprise in the Red Sea. In the face of the Houthi slippers, the world's largest naval power, it could only passively intercept the Houthi army, and did not strike at the missile launch systems used by the Houthis, let alone send marines ashore to clear the Houthis.
Instead, they patiently advised the Houthis to abide by international law and stop attacking passing merchant ships. It's a bit incredible, what's wrong with the U.S. military today?The U.S. military in the past was not this style, and the U.S. military at that time was extremely domineering, and they would fight with their fists if they didn't agree with each other.
According to Internet rumors, the domineering little passport issued by the United States says that as long as American citizens are harmed overseas, the US military will be their strong backing. So now the US ** ships are so timid in the face of the Houthi slipper army, and the domineering spirit of the US military seems to have disappeared.
Seeing the posture of the US aircraft carrier battle group in the Red Sea, those who know it think they are escorting it, and those who don't know think that they are fighting a naval battle with a military power. At present, the United States actually very much wants to concentrate its military forces in the western Pacific to deal with the big powers in the East.
However, the problem is that in the past few decades, the United States has sowed discord and created turmoil everywhere. It is foreseeable that if the United States continues to unconditionally support Israel's wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of civilians in Gaza, it will continue to stand on the opposite side of the whole world at the UN General Assembly and veto the Palestinian-Israeli agreement to cease the war with one vote. It will not be the last time to suffer from the Houthis.
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