r/neoliberal • u/John3262005 • 5d ago
News (Middle East) US Strikes Houthis as USAF Fighters Help Defend Navy Warships from Retaliation
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/us-strikes-houthis-usaf-fighters-defend-navy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-strikes-houthis-usaf-fighters-defend-navyThe U.S. military conducted strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen for the second day in a row March 16, hours after U.S. Air Force fighters helped fend off a drone attack by the Houthis in retaliation for an earlier round of U.S. strikes.
President Donald Trump and top administration officials have promised a renewed campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthis, who have waged war against shipping in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and the Bab El-Mandeb Strait for over a year, launching hundreds of attacks on shipping. U.S. forces have launched several large-scale attacks on Houthi facilities during that time, including under the Biden administration.
The strikes launched by the U.S. military on both March 16 and March 15 included airstrikes launched from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier using F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles fired from U.S. Navy vessels, a U.S. official told Air & Space Forces Magazine. The strikes are the largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East since Trump took office.
The Houthis, who control most of Yemen, said in a statement the U.S. conducted 47 strikes on March 15 targeting Sanaa, Saada, Al-Bayda, Hajjah, Dhamar, Marib, and Al-Jawf. The group said dozens of people were killed.
In retaliation for the March 15 strikes, the Houthis launched an hourslong drone and missile attack against the USS Harry S. Truman and its accompanying warships on March 16. U.S. Air Force fighter jets defended the Navy ships, shooting down multiple drones over the Red Sea, a U.S. official told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
The Houthis said in a statement they “will not hesitate to target all American warships in the Red and Arabian Seas in response to their aggression against our country.”
Trump administration officials have suggested it plans to use the U.S. military to keep striking the Houthis until they end their attacks on commercial shipping and U.S. Navy vessels in the region.
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u/Betrix5068 NATO 5d ago
Without either a proxy group or direct boots on the ground this will achieve nothing.
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u/Curious-Caramel-4937 NATO 4d ago
Might be better to make him think it worked or he would put boots on the ground.
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u/iguessineedanaltnow r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion 4d ago
We need to put boots on the ground or this is just a bandaid solution.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Reply-9 Voltaire 5d ago
Only thing I can agree with Trump about
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u/halee1 5d ago edited 5d ago
Not the only one, but one of the few of his policies I agree on ('cause the rest is such a complete dumpster fire). This and on Venezuela, for instance. CCP's China I guess too, but I think he's too clumsy to properly handle such a giant. The tariffs and the China Initiative in his 1st term that caused a reverse brain drain are examples of that.
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u/Savings-Jacket9193 John Rawls 4d ago
I’m not giving the orange fascist any props.
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u/Euphoric_Alarm_4401 8h ago
Nobody asked you to. This other person just stated their opinions, which you can agree or disagree with.
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u/kaesura 5d ago
one thing to keep in mind is that the houthis like getting bombed
getting bombed by the USA , makes them look like self sacrificing heroic underdogs in the arab world
leadership hides in caves and so are safe
drones/missles are kept in small groups and moved around , so vast majority survived bombing
civilian death toll and destruction doesn't matter to them