Yemen Civil War News and Discussion.. an evolving situation

F-22Raptor said:
Iranian ballistic missiles were only effective because Patriot or THAAD were not defending the base. Had a Patriot battery been at that base, all of those missiles would have been destroyed. All of them
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no US air defences in Saudi Arabia either I guess ?

it is interesting that US air defences never fail, they are just never there to begin with

of course those of us in the real world understand that crude copies of Iranian missiles launched by Yemen have defeated US Patriot systems in Saudi Arabia on many occasions
 
Persian Gulf said:
no US air defences in Saudi Arabia either I guess ?

it is interesting that US air defences never fail, they are just never there to begin with

of course those of us in the real world understand that crude copies of Iranian missiles launched by Yemen have defeated US Patriot systems in Saudi Arabia on many occasions
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Such limited tests and probing are known to be deceptive too.
 
Huge pro-Ansarallah/Palestine solidarity marches in Yemen
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Goenitz said:
@925boy
Do houtis have marine drones? like in Ukr-Russo war?
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houthis used to have some crude marine drones many years ago, because they did a few attacks on Saudi alliance ships using them, but i'm unsure if they currently have them. I think they have them, probably upgraded deadly ones, but they might use them if this conflict gets serious.
 
MS Sandhu said:
Is there any solid plan to counter Houthis or just a simple drama for PR.
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Great question, more likely the latter- simple drama for PR.
MS Sandhu said:
If this is just a simple drama, only common civilians are going to be butchered
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hmm
MS Sandhu said:
Of course, Houthis ( and their sponsors) and US alliance don't give a flying f#ck to common people lives in Yemen.
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if that was true then why do Yemenis in major cities come out to protest Gaza and support their govt? Why aren't people protesting if they dont agree with the Houthi govt? Define "give a flying fuk to common peoples lives"- what Yemeni think is "giving a flying **** to common people lives" in their society is just different from what YOU think "giving a flying fuk to common people lives" means.
 
lightning f57 said:
I am curious what more "advance" ballistic missiles can do and anti ship missiles. So far whatever the Yemenis have used seems to have done limited damage and been intercepted quite easily. Maybe they are slow moving missiles (sub-sonic) same with the drones so easy to take down.
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drones and cruise missiles are easier to detect and intercept, especially at 200-500km ranges and with huge number of US navy ships in a relatively limited region

ballistic missiles are notoriously difficult to guide in the terminal phase, especially against a moving target

however, I also believe a lot of these are warning shots, they are landing 200-800m away from the ships maybe because they don't actually want to sink a massive ship or kill a large number of people. noticeably, even when the missile lands near the ship the ship often docks to a nearby port instead of continuing its journey, so that's a success already (not to mention the 5x increase in insurance premium and huge disruptions to journeys with all 4 of the largest shipping companies avoiding the Red Sea now)
 
BHAN85 said:
We're talking about drone/missile factories, it's not bakeries.

Treat steel and so on, must be large factories, easy to identify and to destroy.

No more drones will be manufactured in Yemen Ansarallah controlled zones.

But it can keep smuggled from Iran.

And who knows how many missiles and drones are already built and well hidden in Houthi zones.
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If they can manufacture drones and missiles in Gaza I’m sure a vast country can Yemen can find a way to produce military weapons, unless America and their Allie’s are planning weeks of bombings on yemen most of these attacks were token hits….if iran, Syria, Hamas, hezbollah and numerous other groups have underground fortified factories im sure the Houthi have prepared for this.
 
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Additional strikes are underway
 
The 2018 Riyadh missile strike was a series of seven missiles launched into Saudi Arabia by Shiite Houthi rebels [Ansarallah] on 26 March 2018, targeting the King Khalid International Airport and other sites.

Saudi forces claimed to have destroyed all seven missiles, three of them targeting Riyadh, two targeting Jazan, and one targeting Najran. However, according to Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at CNS, the Saudis failed to intercept the missiles following a malfunction of the MIM-104 Patriot system.

One video appeared to show a Patriot missile launch on Sunday night go rapidly wrong, with the missile changing course midair, crashing into a neighborhood in Riyadh and exploding.

Another appeared to detonate shortly after being launched in the Saudi capital.

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Persian Gulf said:
yesterday's bombing of Yemen was so successful and created so much deterrence that the US needs to bomb Yemen again today
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Periodic smaller precision strikes are militarily perhaps more effective deterrents than one or two larger ones.
 
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