Britain and the United States are fighting in the Red Sea, and the Houthis are not only fearless, but after so many rounds of "mutual bombardment", it seems that they are getting stronger and stronger, why do Britain and the United States keep attacking, and the Houthis still have the ability to retaliate? Does this mean that the blows of the West are no longer effective?
According to the U.S. military ** command, last week, the U.S.-British coalition launched a new round of air strikes on 36 targets of the Houthis in Yemen, which is also the strongest air strike by the U.S.-British coalition forces recently. However, after the air strikes, the Houthi took a tough stance as always, threatening that if the US-British coalition escalated the strike, they would simultaneously escalate their retaliatory actions, with the appearance of "who's afraid of whom, we'll see".
According to a rough calculation, the US-British coalition attack on the Houthis also lasted for several weeks, with no less than 10 large and small air raids. The frequency and intensity are full, but in terms of the effect of the strike, it seems that "the thunder is loud, the rain is small", and it has not caused fatal damage to the Houthis. According to the US-British coalition forces, the main purpose of this use of force against the Houthis is to freeze the Houthis' operational capabilities and limit their military activities in the Red Sea.
However, the US-British coalition has been fighting for several weeks, and the Houthi forces' operational capabilities have not been weakened, but have given people a feeling of "getting stronger and stronger the more they fight". To this day, the Houthis are still active in the Red Sea and have the ability to hunt down ships linked to the United States and Israel. Looking at it this way, the blow of the US-British coalition forces "hit a lonely one".
So what is the reason why the Houthis can withstand n bombardments by the US-British coalition and have the ability to continue fighting against the US-British coalition forces? In the final analysis, the strength of the Houthis is strong enough, and in terms of the intensity of the strike of the US-British coalition, it may have been finished long ago on ordinary armed organizations, but the Houthis are different, this armed organization that has been established for decades has a "heritage". First, there are a large number of military personnel, and according to the assessments given by all parties, there are more than 50,000 combat personnel alone. In terms of equipment, it is certainly not comparable to a regular army like the US-British coalition army, but it can be regarded as "outstanding" in an armed organization.
In this confrontation with the US-British coalition, the Houthis showed their rich toolbox, which includes both anti-aircraft missiles, anti-ship missiles and cruise missiles, as well as drones and unmanned ships. It is very difficult for this kind of armed organization with "heritage" and strength to be completely wiped out in a short period of time, and the Israeli army's encirclement and suppression of the Palestinian armed organization "Hamas" is not a living case?
The two sides have been fighting each other for decades, and the combat effectiveness of the Israeli army is far above that of "Hamas," but the Israeli army cannot eliminate "Hamas." The Houthis have suffered a similar experience, and over the years, the Houthis have been beaten by the Yemeni ** army, and also by the multinational coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
If the Houthis are not eliminated, the Houthis will only become more and more powerful, and you must know that the combat effectiveness of the team tempered in actual combat is not comparable to that of ordinary armed groups. It is no exaggeration to say that aside from the best equipment, the combat effectiveness and combat experience of the Houthis are stronger than the regular armies of many Middle Eastern countries. With such a strong and elite armed group, it is impossible for the US-British coalition forces to completely eliminate them in a few weeks.
Before the US-UK coalition launched a military operation against the Houthis, there were many ** warnings to the US-UK coalition not to underestimate the strength of the Houthis. The current situation seems to verify the original conjecture of the outside world.
In addition to the strength of the Houthis themselves, another important reason for the "ineffectiveness" of the US-British coalition strike is that the tactics of air strikes are not very effective. After several rounds of air strikes, many military facilities of the Houthis have indeed been destroyed, but the casualties of the air strikes to the Houthis fighters are not prominent. As the saying goes, "stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of running out of firewood", this fighter is the "green mountain", as long as the Houthi fighters are preserved, the combat effectiveness of this armed organization is unlikely to collapse.
As for the military facilities or equipment that have been knocked out, the Houthis will definitely be able to get supplies through their channels. Moreover, the effect of air strikes will plummet as the number of operations increases. Because the US-British coalition forces have more air raids, the Houthis will significantly increase their vigilance, and will take camouflage and protection against some key military facilities, which will greatly increase the difficulty of the US-British coalition air strikes.
Previous combat cases have proven that it is unlikely to destroy an adversary without relying solely on air strikes in conjunction with ground military operations, even if the powerful US Air Force cannot do this. However, if the US-British coalition forces launch a ground military operation, this military operation of air strikes against the Houthis will immediately escalate into a local war.
On the territory of Yemen, the US-British coalition is fighting the Houthis, and it is also a complicated guerrilla war. Referring to the war in Afghanistan, the game between the multinational coalition and the Taliban, the probability of victory for the US-British coalition is very small. Therefore, the probability of the US-British coalition launching a ground military operation against the Houthis is very small, and it is estimated that this kind of air attack with limited effect will have to be persistently used.
Project Sword