{"id":38957,"date":"2024-02-11T22:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/houthi-forces-continue-to-field-anti-ship-missiles-and-drone-boats\/38957\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T22:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:28:14","slug":"houthi-forces-continue-to-field-anti-ship-missiles-and-drone-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/houthi-forces-continue-to-field-anti-ship-missiles-and-drone-boats\/38957\/","title":{"rendered":"Houthi Forces Continue to Field Anti-Ship Missiles and Drone Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>After repeated American strikes against Houthi weaponry, the militant group continues to field anti-ship missile and drone capabilities to threaten traffic in the Red Sea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Using Iranian-supplied weaponry and targeting assistance, Houthi forces have demonstrated a credible anti-ship capability, launching repeated strikes against merchant ships and warships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The group&#039;s antiship missiles have hit multiple vessels, causing extensive damage, and have come close to striking many more. Twice, Houthi munitions have managed to penetrate first-line air defense measures and get within range of the close-in weapons systems (CIWS) of allied U.S. and UK destroyers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Given the potency of the threat to international shipping, the Biden administration has authorized the use of force against Houthi positions on the ground when required for &quot;self-defense&quot; purposes. U.S. Central Command has kept up a steady drumbeat of strikes on Houthi mobile missile launchers, suicide drone boats and one-way attack drones in Houthi territory, before the group has a chance to carry out further attacks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday afternoon, from 1600-1700, CENTCOM forces struck two unmanned drone boats and three mobile antiship cruise missiles at positions north of Hodeidah, a Houth-controlled port city on the Red Sea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Central Command assessed that these munitions posed an &quot;imminent threat&quot; to U.S. Navy vessels and merchant shipping. &quot;These actions will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S. Navy and merchant vessels,&quot; the theater command said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Houthi leadership claims to be carrying out its campaign against shipping interests in order to apply pressure to Israel&#039;s allies and secure a ceasefire in Gaza. The group claims to have strong popular support from Yemeni citizens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">??????? ???? ??????? ?????? ???? ????? ???????? ????? ??????? ???????? ?????? ??????? ?? ????? ( ???) ?? ????? ??????..<br \/>?????( ?????? ??? ??????? ?? ??? ??? ?????). ???????? ?????.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AD_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#?????_?????_???????_???????_??????<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2wCOrX08Nq\">pic.twitter.com\/2wCOrX08Nq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?????? ???? ???? (@army21ye) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/army21ye\/status\/1756019144573477115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>maritime-executive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After repeated American strikes against Houthi weaponry, the militant group continues to field anti-ship missile and drone capabilities to threaten traffic in the Red Sea.&nbsp; Using Iranian-supplied weaponry and targeting assistance, Houthi forces have demonstrated a credible anti-ship capability, launching repeated strikes against merchant ships and warships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}