Yemen's Houthi group has launched a wave of missile and drone attacks against Israel in support of Hamas and Iran, but due to the long range and the interference and interdiction of the United States, Europe and the United States, it has not achieved the desired results.
The Houthis fired back, targeting Israeli-related ships crossing the Red Sea, but the impact was huge. The Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea are the world's main shipping routes, which the West was forced to suspend after the Houthi attack.
Moreover, this terrorist attack has also caused many oil companies to panic, and the fluctuation of oil prices is a huge shock to the world economy, and the Houthi attack on Israel has achieved such amazing results. And this time, the Western world cannot sit idly by, they have already made up their minds to take action.
The United States announced on December 18 that it would form a multinational coalition to protect ships in the Red Sea, including France, Britain, Bahrain, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Seychelles, and Bahrain in addition to the United States, while Egypt, Pakistan, and other countries that had intended to participate did not participate.
On the 17th, the US aircraft carrier "Eisenhower" arrived in Yemen, and after receiving an order to go to the Persian Gulf to provoke Iran, it was beaten away by the Iranian fleet, making them lose face. At the same time, the "Bataan" water and land alert formation, which had previously carried 2,000 people to cruise the Mediterranean, arrived on the 18th to provide assistance to Israel at any time.
The Bataan "has a displacement of more than 40,000 tons, similar to some other medium-sized aircraft carriers, and is equipped with F-35B fighter jets, making it a quasi-aircraft carrier." This kind of force is enough to deal with the Houthis in Yemen, however, the United States does not seem to be satisfied with this, so it once again canceled Carl Vinson's battle plan and put Carl Vinson to use.
In addition, there are warships from the United Kingdom, France and other countries, which have previously intercepted unmanned reconnaissance aircraft sent by the Houthis. Ships from other countries have not yet arrived, but they should be coming soon. A coalition of 10 countries is ready to go, but the Houthis are not ready to go.
Last November, the Houthis destroyed a U.S. unmanned "death" drone that traveled to Yemen to reconnoiter the location of Houthi missiles and prevent them from attacking Israel. The Houthis, on the other hand, gave them a resounding slap in the face on December 19 in response to the US military deployment in the Red Sea.
The Houthis say that the United States has built a new naval defense force that is perfectly capable of competing with the U.S. Red Sea Fleet, so they will not give up attacking the Red Sea shipping lanes. At the same time, the Houthis said that they would attack the ships of the member countries of the League of Nations participating in the US "Red Sea" fleet.
After an interview, a spokesperson for the Yemen*** organization stepped on a motorcycle and stepped on a motorcycle in Yemen.
That is, any fleet directed against Yemen will be hit by the forces of houthi***. The Houthis simply said that they would only attack ships linked to Israel and would not attack ships from other countries. Now, those countries are going to be out of luck.
The U.S. movement was big this time, but their mission was more to escort the convoy than to attack. The Houthis are no ordinary militants, having previously crushed the Saudi military, an American-made military force that has been used in a variety of warfare weapons over the years, including attack drones, tactical missiles, and even cruise missiles.
In September last year, the Houthis displayed various types of missiles at the parade, including "Badr", "Aguirre", "Tempest" and "Quds-4", which have a range of up to 2,000 kilometers, which is enough to pose a huge threat to the first team. Moreover, the Houthis have also received help from Iran.
Houthi El-Mandel-2 anti-ship anti-ship type **.
In the new round of friction between Palestine and Israel, the United States has begun to deploy a large number of troops in the Middle East, but they do not want to make things bigger. In fact, the United States does not want to be dragged into the water in the Middle East war. You know, the United States spent trillions of dollars for Afghanistan and Iraq, but in the end it ended in failure, and now the United States must reverse the cycle of meddling, withdrawing, and re-intervening.
The U.S. strategy has given Iraqi and Syrian militants more than 80 attacks on U.S. bases in Syria and Iraq since October 17, up from 80 in the previous two years. The United States, on the other hand, did not dare to react too much, and could only make some limited counterattacks, but the effect was not obvious.
The United States came to the Red Sea this time for fear of offending this group of people, so it took a defensive position. If the United States has done it in the past, it would have launched an air strike on the Houthis after the coalition had completed its mission, blowing all of its missile bases to pieces. But this time, the United States did not do so, they are worried that they will become the main culprit of the escalation of Palestinian-Israeli contradictions, and as soon as the United States makes a move, it is tantamount to giving Iran a reason to attack, and Iran will certainly not give up. Iran, albeit behind it, has helped them against the Axis coalition by attacking Israel, as well as the United States, among others.
The Houthis conducted a test launch in Yemen.
If the United States goes to war with the Houthis in Yemen, then the United States is likely to be drawn into a war in the Middle East. The United States is in danger of escalation, and the contradictions in the Middle East have tied its hands. The U.S. Department of Defense is deeply worried and frustrated about the Biden administration's strategy, believing that they will face attacks every day.