USS 메이슨 홍해에서 드론 격추, 미군 홍해 상선 호위 목적의 기동부대 구성 논의

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지난 수요일 USS 메이슨 ( DDG-87 )이 홍해에서 후티 반군의 드론을 또 격추했습니다. 

미군은 홍해에서 선박을 보호하기 위해 해적 퇴치 임무를 맡은 CTF 151 (TF 51은 기사의 오타로 보입니다.) 외에 기동부대를 편성하는 안을 다른 파트너 국가들과 논의중이라고 합니다. 

1984~1988년의 Tanker War가 2020년대에 부활하네요. 

https://news.usni.org/2023/12/06/guided-missile-destroyer-uss-mason-shoots-downs-drone-in-red-sea

Guided-missile Destroyer USS Mason Shoots Downs Drone in Red Sea

By: Sam LaGrone

December 6, 2023 11:38 AM • Updated: December 6, 2023 2:43 PM

USS Mason (DDG-87) sails in the Atlantic Ocean June 27, 2023. US Navy Photo

This post will be updated as additional information becomes available.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) shot down a drone in the Red Sea on Wednesday, just days after USS Carney (DDG-64) downed three drones launched from Yemen, a defense official confirmed to USNI News.

“We can confirm‎ the USS Mason shot down an uncrewed aerial vehicle originating from Houthi controlled areas of Yemen at 10:20 a.m. (Yemen time) Dec. 6 in the southern Red Sea,” a defense official told USNI News in an email. “There was no damage or injury to U.S. equipment or personnel.”

Carney and Mason are part of the U.S. naval forces that have been on station following the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

On Sunday, Carney shot down the drones in the Red Sea while responding to distress signals from merchant ships.

Houthi forces have been targeting commercial ships linked to Israel, according the group’s public statements.

In the statement, CENTCOM described the Sunday attacks as “a direct threat to international commerce and maritime security.”

“They have jeopardized the lives of international crews representing multiple countries around the world. We also have every reason to believe that these attacks, while launched by the Houthis in Yemen, are fully enabled by Iran. The United States will consider all appropriate responses in full coordination with its international allies and partners,” the statement reads.

https://news.usni.org/2023/12/04/u-s-in-talks-to-form-new-red-sea-task-force-to-guard-commercial-ships-in-the-red-sea-says-white-house

U.S. in Talks to Form New Red Sea Task Force to Guard Commercial Ships in the Red Sea, Says White House

By: Heather Mongilio

December 4, 2023 6:14 PM

USS Bataan (LHD-5) conducts landing craft utility operations alongside the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) in the Red Sea on Nov. 6, 2023. US Navy Photo

The U.S. is talking with other partner countries to possibly set up a maritime task force to protect ships in the Red Sea, the White House National Security Advisor said on Monday.

The possibility of a new task force, outside of long-standing anti-piracy Task Force 51 already established for anti-piracy, comes on the heels of Sunday’s attacks on two commercial ships in the Red Sea. National Security Advisor of the United States Jake Sullivan mentioned the talks during a White House press briefing Monday but said he had nothing to announce.

USS Carney (DDG-64) shot down drones fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen yesterday while responding to distress calls from three commercial ships, which Houthi missiles had targeted, USNI News reported. While the ownership of the three ships is obscured, as companies often use liability shielding making it difficult to parse out a true owner, the Houthis have publicly said they were targeting ships with Israeli connections.

Sullivan said the ships were linked to 14 different countries.

In a series of posts on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, Yahya Sare’e, the spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, said that the country’s military forces had attacked M/V Unity Explorer with an anti-ship missile and M/V Number 9 with a sea drone. Sare’e said in the post that both ships are Israeli.

Yemen’s state-run news agency Saba also confirmed the Houthis seizure of Galaxy Leader.
Balticshipping.com, which identified M/V Central Park – a ship attacked by Somali pirates in the Red Sea – as Israeli-linked, lists Unity Explorer as owned by Tel Aviv-based Ray Shipping, USNI News reported. U.S. Central Command’s statement about Carney and the commercial ships did not identify them as Israeli-linked, which Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh reiterated at a Monday press gaggle. Singh also said the ships’ crews are from a variety of countries.

While Carney downed Houthi drones, the Pentagon does not believe the destroyer was the target. Carney’s commanding officer felt that the drones were a threat to the ship, which is why the ship shot them down, Singh told reporters. Neither Saba nor Sare’e discussed U.S. ships as targets of Houthi missiles or drones.

Although the Houthis have targeted Israeli-linked ships, or ships believed to be linked to Israel, as well as fired land-attack cruise missiles toward the country, the Pentagon continues to stress the conflict between Israel and Hamas has not spread widely in the Middle East region.

Sare’e, in a post from Nov. 19, said the Houthis would attack all ships that sail under an Israeli flag, are operated by an Israeli company or are owned by an Israeli company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_War

[백선호]

대함 탄도탄으로는 실제로 배를 맞춰 불을 내거나 침몰시킬 정도의 능력은 없는 듯 하네요. 아니면 다 요격해서 그런 것인지...?

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애시당초 명중률을 담보할 수 없겠지요. 중국 정도의 해양감시 역량으로도 효과가 한정적일거고... 결국 항구 또는, 부주의하게 위험해역에서 정박한 대형함선이 아니면 명중시키기 어려울 것 같습니다.

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지난 일요일 USS 카니가 드론 3발 요격할 땐 화물선 두 척이 탄도탄에 피해를 입었다는데 특별히 뉴스화가 안되는 걸로 봐선 큰 피해를 못 입힌 것 같습니다.

아마도 인터넷에 공개된 화물선 항적정보를 이용해서 타게팅을 할 것 같은데, 그런 정도의 정보로는 정확히 배를 맞추지를 못하는 것 같네요. 아니면 DDG들이 열심히 쏴서 맞추고 있는 드론들 중에 자폭드론이 아니라 표적정보 획득용의 정찰용 드론이 섞여있을 수도..

[Minowski(김유철)]

대해적작전하던 아덴만 초계전력 이상 소집가능할까요? 일단 중국은 빠질거같고... 블루팀에 더 보낼 함정자체가 없어보이는데...

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중국은 지금도 CTF151과는 별도로 대해적 TF를 유지중이니.. 탄도미사일 요격이야 포기한다 치고 드론이나 순항미사일 요격하려면 꽤 고급 함정이 차출되야 하는데요. 참 어려운 상황이네요.

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https://navy-matters.blogspot.com/2024/01/dont-train-with-allies-more-proof.html

20개국 중에 배를 보내겠다는 곳은 영국, 이탈리아 두 나라고 참모장교만 27명을 보내겠다고 하네요. 저 블로그 저자는 연합훈련 그딴 거 다 그만두라고 주장합니다 ㅎㅎ

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2024/january/13921-denmark-joins-operation-prosperity-guardia-against-yemen-s-houthis.html

덴마크가 프리깃을 보낸다고 합니다. 저 포스트 이후에 정해진 것일 지도요.