Αντιτορπιλικό του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού των ΗΠΑ έγινε στόχος αποτυχημένης πυραυλικής επίθεσης που εξαπολύθηκε από περιοχή της Υεμένης την οποία ελέγχουν οι σιίτες αντάρτες Χούτι, που θεωρούνται προσκείμενοι στο Ιράν, δήλωσαν Αμερικανοί αξιωματούχοι στο πρακτορείο Reuters. Το πλήρωμα του USS Mason, το οποίο συνοδευόταν από το USS Ponce, αποβατικό σκάφος, αντέδρασε με ομοβροντία αμυντικών πυρών στην εκτόξευση δύο πυραύλων, ουδείς εκ των οποίων έπληξε το πλοίο ή προκάλεσε ζημιές, καθώς το αντιτορπιλικό έπλεε βόρεια των Στενών Μπαμπ αλ Μάνταμπ, σύμφωνα με τους αξιωματούχους που μίλησαν υπό καθεστώς ανωνυμίας. Η νέα επίθεση εναντίον ενός αμερικανικού πολεμικού εντείνει την πίεση στις αμερικανικές ένοπλες δυνάμεις να προχωρήσουν σε αντίποινα—κάτι το οποίο, εάν συμβεί, θα σηματοδοτήσει το πρώτο άμεσο πλήγμα των ΗΠΑ εναντίον των Χούθι και κατά συνέπεια την άμεση εμπλοκή της Ουάσινγκτον στον πόλεμο στην Υεμένη. Το Πεντάγωνο είχε αφήσει να εννοηθεί ότι εξετάζει το ενδεχόμενο να εξαπολύσει πλήγματα σε αντίποινα χθες Τρίτη. Οι επιθέσεις εναντίον πλοίων του αμερικανικού Πολεμικού Ναυτικού των ΗΠΑ, όπως και η επίθεση της 1ης Οκτωβρίου με στόχο πλοίο των Ηνωμένων Αραβικών Εμιράτων, θέτει εν αμφιβόλω την ασφαλή διέλευση στα στενά Μπαμπ αλ Μάνταμπ, μία από τις πιο πολυσύχναστες θαλάσσιες οδούς του κόσμου.
Οι Χούτι, οι οποίοι πολεμούν εναντίον της διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένης κυβέρνησης του προέδρου Αμπντ Ράμπο Μανσούρ αλ Χάντι, διέψευσαν κατηγορηματικά ότι ευθύνονται για την προηγούμενη επίθεση εναντίον του Mason και του Ponce, την Κυριακή, όμως Aμερικανοί αξιωματούχοι αντιθέτως διατείνονται ότι έχουν αυξανόμενες ενδείξεις πως οι σιίτες αντάρτες προχώρησαν στις επιθέσεις.
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After the second missile attack on U.S. ships launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen in four days, the U.S. struck coastal radar sites in Yemen in retaliation. A Pentagon spokesman stated that "these limited self-defense strikes were conducted to protect our personnel, our ships, and our freedom of navigation in this important maritime passageway." The Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have denied responsibility for the attacks, but U.S. sailors witnessed what appeared to be rebel skiffs operating as spotters for the missile strike, and American officials suspect that the Houthi-controlled radar array was used to “paint” the destroyer for targeting.
The Cipher Take: These two incidents appear to be retaliations for the air strike on a funeral in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa last week, which Houthi insurgents claim was launched by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen. The strike killed 140, most of them civilians, and has led the U.S. to review its support for Arab coalition operations in Yemen. The Houthi link to Iran makes these strikes doubly worrying, especially as they coincide with a sharp increase in aggressive Iranian naval maneuvers near U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf.
The USS Nitze destroyed three radar sites in Yemen on Thursday morning, in an apparent retaliation for missiles launched at U.S. naval vessels from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. This is the first direct U.S. military intervention in Yemen’s civil war, but Pentagon officials stressed that the strikes would be limited only to these radar sites. Houthi rebel representatives have denied involvement in any of the attacks and have offered to help investigate attacks against international shipping in the area.
The Cipher Take: If indeed these missile strikes were launched by Houthi rebels, it is clear that the insurgents consider U.S. forces to be closely aligned with their Saudi and Arab Gulf competitors. The Houthi link to Iran makes these strikes doubly worrying, especially as they coincide with a sharp increase in aggressive Iranian naval maneuvers near U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf. So far, the U.S. appears to have limited its strikes only to the sites that might be used to target American ships; however further escalation could draw Washington deeper into the war.
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Οι Χούτι, οι οποίοι πολεμούν εναντίον της διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένης κυβέρνησης του προέδρου Αμπντ Ράμπο Μανσούρ αλ Χάντι, διέψευσαν κατηγορηματικά ότι ευθύνονται για την προηγούμενη επίθεση εναντίον του Mason και του Ponce, την Κυριακή, όμως Aμερικανοί αξιωματούχοι αντιθέτως διατείνονται ότι έχουν αυξανόμενες ενδείξεις πως οι σιίτες αντάρτες προχώρησαν στις επιθέσεις.
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After the second missile attack on U.S. ships launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen in four days, the U.S. struck coastal radar sites in Yemen in retaliation. A Pentagon spokesman stated that "these limited self-defense strikes were conducted to protect our personnel, our ships, and our freedom of navigation in this important maritime passageway." The Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have denied responsibility for the attacks, but U.S. sailors witnessed what appeared to be rebel skiffs operating as spotters for the missile strike, and American officials suspect that the Houthi-controlled radar array was used to “paint” the destroyer for targeting.
The Cipher Take: These two incidents appear to be retaliations for the air strike on a funeral in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa last week, which Houthi insurgents claim was launched by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen. The strike killed 140, most of them civilians, and has led the U.S. to review its support for Arab coalition operations in Yemen. The Houthi link to Iran makes these strikes doubly worrying, especially as they coincide with a sharp increase in aggressive Iranian naval maneuvers near U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf.
The USS Nitze destroyed three radar sites in Yemen on Thursday morning, in an apparent retaliation for missiles launched at U.S. naval vessels from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. This is the first direct U.S. military intervention in Yemen’s civil war, but Pentagon officials stressed that the strikes would be limited only to these radar sites. Houthi rebel representatives have denied involvement in any of the attacks and have offered to help investigate attacks against international shipping in the area.
The Cipher Take: If indeed these missile strikes were launched by Houthi rebels, it is clear that the insurgents consider U.S. forces to be closely aligned with their Saudi and Arab Gulf competitors. The Houthi link to Iran makes these strikes doubly worrying, especially as they coincide with a sharp increase in aggressive Iranian naval maneuvers near U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf. So far, the U.S. appears to have limited its strikes only to the sites that might be used to target American ships; however further escalation could draw Washington deeper into the war.
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/
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