미 중부사령부, 후티반군 지휘시설 공습 & 후티 반군에 대한 물자 유입을 막는 것이 중요하다고 밝힘

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미 중부사령부가 예멘 수도 사나에 위치한 후티 반군의 주요 지휘통제 시설에 공습을 가했다고 밝혔습니다. 이 시설들은 홍해의 선박에 대한 공격을 조율하는 허브 역할을 했다고 합니다. 

또한 미해군 함대전력사령부 사령관 대릴 코들 대장은 지난 목요일 Navy League의 행사에서 후티 반군에 대한 미사일, 드론 및 기타 무기와 부품 보급선을 차단하는 것이 아덴만과 홍해의 안전을 유지하는 열쇠라고 밝혔습니다. 

2023년 10월 이후 후티 반군의 상선 공격은 약 80차례라고 합니다. 

또한 내습하는 후티 반군의 무기를 부수는데 수 백만 달러 짜리 SM-3나 SM-6 대신 헬파이어나 코요테같은 저가 무기를 활용하는 방법을 모색중이라고 합니다. 찾아보니 코요테는 레이시온에서 만드는 대무인기용 소형 대공미사일이네요.

헬파이어를 거론한 건 연안의 미사일이나 탄도탄 발사대 원점을 때리겠다는 건지..  

U.S. Military Strikes Houthi Command Center in Yemen's Capital

U.S. Military Strikes Houthi Command Center in Yemen's Capital

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Suez Canal, Dec. 15, 2024. USS Harry S. Truman is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. U.S. Navy Photo

U.S. Military Strikes Houthi Command Center in Yemen’s Capital

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December 16, 2024

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The U.S. military has carried out a precision airstrike on a key command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital city, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).

The targeted facility, located in Houthi-controlled territory, served as a hub for coordinating its attacks on U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels navigating the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

“The strike reflects CENTCOM’s ongoing commitment to protect U.S. and coalition personnel, regional partners, and international shipping,” CENTCOM announced on X (formerly Twitter).

The strike comes roughly a week after two U.S. Navy destroyers, the USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane, intercepted a barrage of Houthi-launched drones and an anti-ship cruise missile while escorting three U.S.-flagged merchant ships in the Gulf of Aden on December 9-10. The attack, which occurred shortly after the vessels departed Djibouti, caused no injuries or damage.

Notably, the same destroyers intercepted similar threats late last month targeting what appeared to be the same merchant ships en route to Djibouti.

Over the past year, the Yemen-based Houthi militants, an Iranian proxy group acting in solidarity with Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas conflict, have intensified their drone and missile attacks on commercial shipping and military vessels in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and Gulf of Aden.

The latest counter strike underscores a broader U.S. effort to combat the growing maritime security threat posed by Houthi forces. In October, CENTCOM executed targeted airstrikes on Houthi weapons storage facilities using U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. The operation neutralized hardened underground bunkers housing advanced conventional weapons, including missiles used in recent attacks.

In a related development, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on Monday confirmed the arrival of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility, which includes the Southern Red Sea. The carrier group comprises the flagship USS Harry S. Truman; carrier Air Wing 1, featuring nine aviation squadrons; USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser; and two Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, USS Stout and USS Jason Dunham

The Harry S. Truman CSG’s deployment follows operations in the Mediterranean Sea and recent rotations by the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Theodore Roosevelt CSGs in the region.

With ongoing Houthi attacks and intensified maritime security operations, attention focuses on these vital trade waterways while concerns grow about regional instability disrupting international shipping.

Stopping Flow of Weapons to Houthis Key to Halting Merchant Attacks, Says Fleet Forces Commander - USNI News

Stopping Flow of Weapons to Houthis Key to Halting Merchant Attacks, Says Fleet Forces Commander

John Grady

December 16, 2024 6:23 PM

Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles.

Interdicting the flow of missiles, drones and other weapons and parts from Iran to the Yemen-based Houthis is key to keeping Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea safer for merchant shipping, Fleet Forces commander said Thursday.

Adm. Daryl Caudle, speaking at a Navy League event, said, “we just can’t cede that chokepoint” to the Iranian-backed Houthis in what had been one of the most trafficked commercial sea lanes. Since the attacks began, hundreds of merchant ships, particularly the largest container carriers, have decided to take the longer route around Africa to ensure delivery to and from Europe and Asia rather than risk attacks on the shorter route to the Suez Canal.

Caudle added soon the French and United Kingdom navies will also be operating in those waters.

The rules of engagement need to reflect that constantly changing challenge from the Houthis so the Navy is not only reacting to attacks but acting “at our time and tempo” to prevent them. “We’ve got to work through that.”

Caudle said the Houthis have attacked about 80 merchant ships in the strait since October 2023.

The attacks are continuing.

USNI News reported last week USS Stockdale (DDG-106) and USS O’Kane (DDG-77) shot down a number of Houthi weapons in the Gulf of Aden. It was the fourth time Stockdale has come under attack in this deployment.

“The two destroyers, part of the four destroyers the U.S. currently has in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, were escorting three U.S.-owned, operated and flagged merchant vessels when the Houthis launched weapons at the ship,” The Central Command post on social media site X did not name the merchant ships.

“We understand the engagements [attacks] in record time, so we can fine-tune our systems [Aegis, cyber, radar],” Caudle said. Where this process took months in the past to complete, the eval‎uations now are made in days. “This is not some ad-hockery” in how the Navy defends its ships and operates in contested environments.

What’s been happening in the Red Sea “is an incredible story that has been nothing short of [demonstrating] what a global well-trained navy can do,” Caudle said.

He added in answer to a question that the Navy is exploring less costly options like Coyote or Hellfire missiles, rather than firing multi-million dollar SM-3 or SM-6 missiles needed in high-end combat, to destroy incoming Houthi weapons.

From the deployment of the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group to its return to Norfolk in July, Caudle said the Navy recognized that those crews and aviators had “no kidding been in a combat zone” for seven months. He said it meant being prepared to offer a “spectrum of care” to those who were deployed and their families who recognized the stress they were under.

“We’re not in a good place” when it comes to building ships and finishing required maintenance on time,” Caudle said. The situation “has the Navy’s attention; has Congress’s attention.”

In the yards, “workflow has to be more efficient” for maintenance and modernization.

Caudle added later in the discussion looking at the service life extension programs for Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers said extending shipyard stays by four to five months to modernize wasn’t the way to keep those ships ready for deployment.

“Can I get to a place where I modernize in chunks,” he asked rhetorically. Caudle said that means something like “Aegis-in-a-box,” carry-on equipment where the ship does not have to be reconfigured to complete the work that adds months to already long maintenance schedules.

Modernization of ships past their expected 35-year service life should only be done “when it makes sense” for that vessel, he said.

On submarine maintenance against Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s goal of having 80 percent of the fleet ready to surge at any one time, “we have 17 submarines” in shipyards now. The number should be 10, said Caudle, but slippage on-time finishes has piled up. This means more subs are waiting for needed repairs but available for deployment and affects overall readiness by reducing the number of boats available to react in a crisis.

He added that availability to “surge” means that the crew, ship, weapons and aircraft are certified as ready for combat within 30 days, not necessarily certified in all areas.

The 80 percent model came from naval aviation under then Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ 2018 initiative. USNI News reported last month “since then the naval aviation enterprise has maintained it day-to-day,” Adm. Jim Kilby, vice CNO, said at a U.S. Naval Institute-Center for Strategic and International Studies event.

“Every Friday, I get a report from the Air Boss that says where they are for every type model series, and it’s either green or red, and if it’s red, it explains what they’re doing about it,” he added.

Caudle said during the Navy League discussion having each class with a maintenance dashboard gives those commanders a picture “so everyday you know what has to be fixed.”

Again, quoting retired CNO Adm. Michael Gilday as he with “get real,” Caudle said, “’ embrace the red’ with “a sense of urgency.”

Caudle said, “we don’t want ‘get real, get better’ to just be a slogan.

The Navy sees unmanned, autonomous systems that are attributable as “adding mass in a smart way” to the sea service’s future. “They do not take away a Navy that is going to be manned,” said Caudle.

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The U.S. Army has selected the Coyote drone for a near-term counter-UAS solution. Equipped with an advanced seeker and warhead, the Coyote-enabled system can successfully identify and eliminate threat UAVs.

Coyote is able to defeat small to large target Unmanned Aircraft Systems at longer ranges and higher altitudes than similar class effectors.

Coyote is able to defeat small to large target Unmanned Aircraft Systems at longer ranges and higher altitudes than similar class effectors.

Coyote is able to defeat small to large target Unmanned Aircraft Systems at longer ranges and higher altitudes than similar class effectors.

The U.S. Army has selected the Coyote drone for a near-term counter-UAS solution. Equipped with an advanced seeker and warhead, the Coyote-enabled system can successfully identify and eliminate threat UAVs.

The U.S. Army has selected the Coyote drone for a near-term counter-UAS solution. Equipped with an advanced seeker and warhead, the Coyote-enabled system can successfully identify and eliminate threat UAVs.

The U.S. Army has selected the Coyote drone for a near-term counter-UAS solution. Equipped with an advanced seeker and warhead, the Coyote-enabled system can successfully identify and eliminate threat UAVs.

Coyote is able to defeat small to large target Unmanned Aircraft Systems at longer ranges and higher altitudes than similar class effectors.

Coyote is able to defeat small to large target Unmanned Aircraft Systems at longer ranges and higher altitudes than similar class effectors.

Coyote is able to defeat small to large target Unmanned Aircraft Systems at longer ranges and higher altitudes than similar class effectors.

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