2024-01-15 14:37:13
January 15, 2024
Homeland Today: The Times of Israel reported that the Houthis succeeded in hiding their weapons and made the task difficult for American forces and intelligence agencies, and the threat in the Red Sea still exists.
The Israeli newspaper reported that American officials admitted to the New York Times that they faced great difficulty in finding Houthi sites to target. It seems that the Houthis succeeded in hiding most of their weapons, which were mounted on mobile carriers. They are still capable of threatening global shipping in the Red Sea.
American officials also admitted that the military strikes targeted 60 targets in 28 locations with difficulty; That is, the strikes affected only 20% of the Houthis’ offensive capabilities. Note that the weapons used by the United States and its ally Britain included air missiles from the “Super Hornet F/A” aircraft based on the aircraft carrier Eisenhower, and Tomahawk missiles from the naval destroyers “USS Gravely” and “USS Mason,” and the cruiser USS Philippine Navy, an American submarine.
With the strikes ineffective and the Houthis’ capabilities remaining intact, according to Western officials, it is unclear whether global shipping companies will feel safe again when using the waterway, especially after the Houthis vowed to avenge the killing of at least five people and the wounding of six others.
The director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff admitted on Saturday, referring to a missile and drone attack carried out by the Houthis on January 9: I know that we have degraded capabilities, but I believe that the Houthis will not be able to carry out attacks in the same way that they carried out the January 9 attack.
White House spokesman John Kirby said: The strikes harmed the Houthis’ ability to store, launch, and direct missiles or drones.
The reason for the difficulty in finding targets may be the lack of sufficient data on Yemen, as it was not a priority for the US administration
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