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How are the recent red sea clashes going? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Its what you would excpect the rah rah rah, bombs away type rhetoric. But some interesting comments can be found around the web. You can find them yourself. ;)

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (14 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/1aft47l/houthi_cruise_missile_comes_within_a_mile_of_a_us/

https://www.reddit.com/r/navy/comments/1afqrts/a_cruise_missile_launched_by_the_houthis_into_the/

Also with a missile that slow, that’s probably two misses with an SM-2. Depth of fire and all that.

With as long as some of these destroyers have been on station, I imagine they have to be running low on SM-2s by now.

90~ missiles on a destroyer. This is where I think the breaking point will be for Operation Amazon Prime. They can't effectively resupply these ships and they're burning expensive missiles on cheap drones/less advanced missiles. At some point the Houthis are going to get a lucky strike when stocks are depleted or the US will be forced to exhaust more ships it can't maintain/staff/train.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man multipolarity is going to come at gun point if nothing else. If you can’t enforce shipping lanes and regional powers have to that’s the end of the hegemon. It will be interesting to see if the the US continues to not even attempt a diplomatic solution in Palestine if they’re forced out because the occupation becomes untenable or if we somehow do war communism again to be~~at~~ the Nazis. iirc I read that it would currently take two years production time to fully restock the navy with missiles at current rates let alone the cost to do so

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

I read that it would currently take two years production time to fully restock the navy with missiles at current rates let alone the cost to do so

"But don't worry Taiwan, we totes have your back. Pinky promise."

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