The U.S. and the U.K. on Saturday launched a fresh wave of attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen after the Iranian-backed terrorist organization continued its attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Among the most recent reported by U.S. Central Command was a February 24 incident that saw the USS Mason (DDG 87) shoot down one Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) launched into the Gulf of Aden from Iranian-backed Houthi controlled areas of Yemen. CENTCOM says the missile was likely targeting MV Torm Thor,...
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COLUMN | Red Sea crisis: What’s really going on and who are the participants? [Naval Gazing]
The greatest maritime security problem currently facing the world is the campaign of attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea and its environs by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The campaign is adding costs and is delaying too many ships’ voyages, as they now often have taken a much longer route around...
Coalition air and naval assets intercept Houthi attack on Red Sea shipping
Ships and aircraft of the US-led international military coalition formed to safeguard commercial shipping in the Red Sea have successfully intercepted a complex attack from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen towards international shipping lanes where dozens of merchant vessels were transiting. The attack against southern Red Sea shipping by Iranian-designed, one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), […]
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COLUMN | Maritime consequences of the Israel-Hamas conflict [Naval Gazing]
With its complex transnational ownership and operating structures, international merchant shipping has long had considerable potential as a terrorist target. The seizure or damaging of a merchant vessel can spawn a great deal of divisive international security and financial mayhem, as well as being...
Houthi missile hits Norwegian tanker Strinda
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are escalated the attacks on merchant shipping that began with the hijacking of the car carrier Galaxy Leader. Yesterday, the group followed up on a threat to target all ships heading for Israel with a missile strike on the Norwegian-flagged tanker Strinda.
CENTCOM Statement on missile attack in the Bab-el-Mandeb
At around 4 p.m. EST on December 11, the Motor Tanker STRINDA was attacked by what is assessed to have been an Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) launched...
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French Navy frigate in Red Sea intercepts drones fired from Yemen
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces confirms that a French Navy warship shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that were launched against it while it was on patrol in the Red Sea off Yemen on Saturday, December 9. The successful interception occurred at 21:30 local time on Saturday while...
US Navy destroyer foils tanker hijacking in Gulf of Aden
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed that a US Navy warship and naval vessels of partner nations responded to a distress call by the crew of a commercial ship that had been boarded by five armed individuals near Yemen over the weekend. The Liberian-registered product tanker Central Park...
Pentagon: Central Park hijackers were Somalis
While all the circumstances surrounding the recent attempted hijacking of the Zodiac Maritime tanker Central Parkindicated that the Iranian-backed, Yemen-based Houthis were involved, it seems they likely were involved only to the extent of of firing two ballistic missiles at the tanker and at the U.S destroyer that had come to its aid, the USS Mason.
The Mason subsequently hunted down and detained five armed individuals had who disembarked the Central Park and attempted to flee.
Those individuals...
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Navy thwarts another Houthi hijacking attempt
Following the hijacking of the car carrier Galaxy Leader, which is owned by a company associated with Israeli business man Rami Ungar, attacks on ships with Israeli ties by the Iranian-backed, Yemen-based Houthis look to be mounting. In the latest incident, however, intervention by U.S. Fifth Fleet has thwarted a Houthi attempt to hijack the chemical products tanker Central Park, which is operated by Ofer-family associated Zodiac Maritime.
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