1. The U.S. military fell into the "trap" and was beaten miserably
As the saying goes, "soldiers don't get tired of cheating", it is difficult to achieve results on the battlefield just by relying on your knife and my shot, so there are all kinds of tactics full of tricks.
Now the Red Sea Houthis and the US military are inseparable, and there are also many "famous scenes".
As the world's largest military power, the United States' stance on the Palestinian-Israeli issue is more biased toward Israel, and with the support of the United States, Israel naturally has nothing to fear.
Coupled with the long-term layout of the United States in the Middle East, it is impossible to defeat the US military in a head-on confrontation。Lebanon's Allah Party, Hamas, and Houthi forces combined may not be able to defeat the US-Israeli coalition forces, and will only be blown up by missiles, and Saddam's army in the Gulf War is a typical example.
To this end, Iran's core "Arc of Resistance" organization came up with an ingenious trick.
Step by step, they dragged the United States into a vast battlefield of millions of square kilometers, with Iran controlling the scale and pace of the war.
First, the Houthis launched a raid on ships in the Red Sea in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key hub for Eurasian commercial transport, with a large number of huge cargo ships.
The Houthis stirred up the situation in the Red Sea in order to make the international community pay more attention to the crisis in Gaza and seek a solution to the conflict.
2. Crack down on the United States and Israel in two steps
Under such circumstances, the United States has no choice but to put on an angry face and repeatedly exert pressure on Israel, warning it not to stop bombing indiscriminately and making things out of control.
In this way, the "arc of resistance" tied the hands and feet of the Israeli army, giving Hamas more time to resist. But that's just the first step in their plan.
Next, there is the big backstage of the expulsion of US troops in the Middle East
For a long time in the past, the "Arc of Resistance" group did not dare to be too provocative against US military bases, Allah did not dare to directly launch rockets to attack Israeli bases, and the Houthis did not dare to directly cause such a big mess in the Red Sea.
So what makes them all so bold?
All this, thanks to Israel's indiscriminate attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip, seems to have been justified and supported by the majority of the people in the Middle East.
Even the United States, which has always used a lot of excuses, has no reason to start a regional war, and this is why these armed groups have attacked US military bases more than 140 times.
The unbearable US military can only be forced to abandon the Syrian military base, which shows that this is a hybrid war, and the competition is not to see who has a hard fist, but to see who has a smarter brain.
But what the U.S. military didn't expect was that this was just the beginning.
3. In this battle, the U.S. military lost
During the fighting in the Red Sea,In the face of the joint strike of missiles and drones by the Houthis, the US Aegis-class destroyer issued a standard 2 air defense missile worth $2 million, which is a big loss.
This is like an artillery hitting mosquitoes, which is a typical asymmetric strike, and there is a huge cost difference between the US military and the Houthi strikes.
It is reported that most of the missiles of the Houthis in Yemen are made of civilian spare parts and commercial chips, which are not worth much, and the missiles intercepted and launched by the US military are genuine high-end, with limited production capacity and high price.
However, it is impossible for the US military to wait for a beating, and the giant freighter is also very expensive, so the US military has to intercept it.
The Houthis are "poor" even though butIn modern warfare, "poverty" is also an advantage.
In order to deal a heavy blow to the Houthis, the US military reconnaissance planes worked almost 24 hours a day without stopping, just to detect the opponent's most valuable targets, so that the US missiles would not be too much of a loss.
But it is a pity that the Houthis are "poor" so that the US military cannot find a starting point, and continuous strikes cannot cause fatal damage to the Houthis.
As a result, American think tanks fell into a state of concern.
4. Cheap air defense battalions will rise from the ground
If it consumes too much in the Red Sea, and if there is a sudden battle in East Asia in the future, the US military may not have many cruise missiles.
Moreover, the manufacturers can't catch up, producing an average of 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles a year, which simply can't support the huge demand of the US military, and after a few more rounds of confrontation with the Houthis, the US Tomahawk missiles will probably be consumed.
American analysts note thatThe U.S. reliance on expensive military assets to intercept the Houthis is unsustainable in terms of tactical sustainability and efficiency.
For a long time, the United States has seriously neglected field air defense, let alone a suitable field air defense**. In 1998, the last set of Hawk-3 anti-aircraft missiles of the US Marine Corps was also handed over to the National Guard, which means that the US field forces will officially enter the era of no field air defense system.
At present, the US military can only rely on the Stinger individual missiles on the Humvee to make up the numbers, but after the start of the great melee in the Middle East, the reality is in front of us, whether it is the Patriot or the Stinger, it is in short supply.
Soon, the U.S. military also discovered this problem.
It is reported that the US Marine Corps plans to equip the first low-cost air defense battalion in 2025, using the Israeli Iron Dome system, an TPS-80 ground-based air mission-oriented radar, and interceptor missiles converted from obsolete air-to-air missiles.
Finally, a mobile and cheap air defense system will be formed to intercept low-value targets such as drones and rockets, but this is another story, and for now, whether the US military can withstand the asymmetric strikes brought by the Houthis is another story.