The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely intercepted anti-ship ballistic missiles headed toward the commercial ship Maersk Detroit Wednesday. This is the first attack by the Houthis in six days.

The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.

The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely shot down two missiles and a third fell into the water. There were no indications of damage or injuries in the attack.

The U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis to degrade their capabilities since Jan.11, after several weeks of attacks on commercial ships by the militant group.

  • doublejay1999@lemmy.worldEnglish
    699·
    11 months ago

    I do think this is a strategic miss step from the Hooti Bros. Attacking global trade is the fast track to be on the wrong end of universally approved military actions .

    …and I have a horrible feeling Iran might just be about to order in some Freedom & Democracy . US and UK are in election cycles, and tough looking leaders win votes .

    • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      I hope you’re wrong about the regime change bit, but it’s entirely possible you’re right on the money.

    • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      Now that you mentioned the freedom and democracy order, I wonder if there’s a connection with Biden sending the CIA director to Israel supposedly for peace negotiations.

    • lemmerguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      They are militant group so do you think they care, or are sophisticated to think about all this?

    • naturalgasbad@lemmy.caEnglish
      76·
      11 months ago

      Maersk said both vessels carried cargo belonging to the U.S. Defense and State Departments, as well as other government agencies, meaning they were “afforded the protection of the U.S. Navy for passage through the strait.”

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1856·
      11 months ago

      Darn Hoothi’s standing up to Genocide.

      America isn’t starting more wars because they can’t afford it, not because they’re so nice. The Hoothies can blow up Saudi’s oil infrastructure which is going to make this global shipping blockade look like a complete joke in comparison.

      Ukraine and israel are draining the budget. If America starts escalating the middle east they won’t be able to keep their aircraft carriers next to Taiwan. Fighting one war at a time is easy but it’s starting to stack up.

      Middle Eastern issues never seem to get solved with more violence. The freedom and democracy barrage is just going to backfire as it always has.

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          719·
          11 months ago

          You’re talking like Goku is stronger than One Punch Man because he can go SSJ9001. War isn’t some attack power meter where the party with more attack power just magically wins. Tell me how more about how America just won against the Taliban.

          Israel’s iron meme system got wrecked by a bunch of Hamas fireworks. Their wall penetrated like it’s nothing. Just like how israel can flatten Gaza, Hezbollah can flatten israel. Everyone can flatten each other these days. Rockets and Drones are insanely cheap and stopping them is expensive.

          The question is if you think that’s a good solution to the problem. From behind your keyboard it must look really funny.

      • gnate@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        11 months ago

        Not being able to afford it has never deterred the US from taking military action.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        71·
        11 months ago

        Comment is being reported, but I don’t really see anything actionable here. My only request would be to please not minimalize the Houthi movement by calling them “Hoothies”, I mean it’s spelled correctly right there in the subject.

        Going down the low hanging fruit road starts butting uncomfortably close to racism and I know you didn’t mean it that way.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement

      • doublejay1999@lemmy.worldEnglish
        83·
        11 months ago

        Good points each of them, and it’s why I wonder if the US might move to conclude some of them, rather than have them nagging on .

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1114·
          11 months ago

          America is probably going to drop and screw over Ukraine if the budget gets tight. But the Hoothi problem looks unsolvable with military force. Saudi tried that for quite a while with American weapons. And America just lost to the Taliban trying to do the same thing.

          By for the easiest solution is to reign in Netanyahu and stop the Genocide in Gaza. Hoothi demands are what I would call “normal to anyone that isn’t a genocidal maniac”.

          • doublejay1999@lemmy.worldEnglish
            103·
            11 months ago

            Was about to say the same thing.

            Unless they want to keep grinding Putin by proxy, Big Z might be not be getting his calls returned.

      • uSpetzWon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        11 months ago

        The problem so far has been that “more violence” has not been “enough violence”. Apply enough and there will be a peace.