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Savor the limelight |
Looking at the map Rogue posted as well as the satellite view on google maps, the large pink part is all desert and desert mountains. The gold part looks a little better, but the green part looks like the best land. So while the Houthis may not control all of Yemen, they seem to control the part that is worth controlling. | |||
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Back, and to the left |
That is a very good point. Also, what's the difference with the yellow area? | |||
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Coin Sniper |
Time to bring back the concept of the Q-ship. Merchant ships that are quite heavily armed and manned by Navy sailors. The goal is to not only sink and destroy as many pirates as possible but also make them seriously reconsider attacking an vessel. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Low Speed, High Drag |
Very possible. My first job after I retired from the Navy dealt with modifing the 60S weapons systems. The MH-60S can carry a combination of up to 8 AGM114 hellfire, 2 GAU-21 50 cals, 2 M240's, laser guided 2.75 in rockets and 1 M197 20mm. The MH-60R can carry the Hellfire, M240, GAU-21 and the rockets as well. "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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Legalize the Constitution |
Former Tomcat RIO, Ward Carroll _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
It was (kinda still is) a splinter/separatist group, but as of 2022 they've rejoined the government. | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
It's true that while they only have ~1/3 of the territory, they hold about half of the cities, including the capital city. Up until 1990, Yemen was two separate countries. The Houthis currently control most of what was North Yemen, while what was South Yemen is under Yemeni government control. | |||
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Savor the limelight |
That area is controlled by a third group, the Southern Transitional Council. They want to go back to the pre-1990 North and South Yemens. | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
The Houthi control one port with a liquid pipeline outlet for a refinery. The natural gas field around the refinery has a pipeline flowing to Balhaf (i.e. LNG port controlled by Yemeni government). Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Operation Praying Mantis. It lasted exactly 1 day. | |||
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I started with nothing, and still have most of it |
Yemen was the Obama administration poster child for Mid East success, until suddenly it wasn't. "While not every Democrat is a horse thief, every horse thief is a Democrat." HORACE GREELEY | |||
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Iranian https://www.reuters.com/world/...a-tasnim-2024-01-01/ Fun fact, Alborz is a sister ship to Sahand, which was blown out of the water during Operation Praying Mantis. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
The money being spent on shooting down missiles and drones is obscene. As one has said it's time to go after the archers and not the arrows. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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And the one(s) giving the orders to the archers. Just sayin'.... "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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One problem though is that the green areas are the most densely populated portions of Yemen. If you like religion, laws or sausage, then you shouldn't watch them being made. | |||
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Low Speed, High Drag |
Looks like it was a MH-60R from HSM-74 using 4 AGM- 114 Hellfires that sank the 3 boats. https://youtu.be/rJNDPSGOqe0?si=dGxJHLViDOSH90ZB "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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From the video, it looks like the -60S has the tail wheel all the way back like Army Blackhawks. The R model has two tail wheels closer to the cabin. I assume the R has flexibility to land on smaller ships. Are there other "benefits" to the twin wheels closer to the cabin? | |||
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In my un-educated understanding, the closer rear-wheel found on the -R, and its older brothers the -B and -F, not only allowed for a smaller footprint on cruisers/destroyers but, also better managed shock absorption to the airframe when winched aboard a pitching ship using the RAST system (Recovery Assist, Secure and Traverse) | |||
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186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
Final warning: WASHINGTON—The U.S., Britain and key allies issued what officials described as a final warning to the Houthi Yemeni rebel group Wednesday to cease its attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea or bear the consequences. “Ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are illegal, unacceptable, and profoundly destabilizing,” says the statement issued by more than a dozen nations. “The Houthis will bear the responsibility of the consequences should they continue to threaten lives, the global economy, and free flow of commerce in the region’s critical waterways.” The U.S. military has prepared options to strike the Iran-backed rebel group, U.S. officials say. “I would not anticipate another warning,” the administration official said. The list of signatories included the U.S., Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. The USS Eisenhower aircraft-carrier battle group is in the region along with other American naval assets, British ships and ships from other nations. | |||
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Character, above all else |
It's takes more than a few days to get a coalition together, assets in place, and a plan for who's striking what (both on land and sea). I'm getting my popcorn ready. "The Truth, when first uttered, is always considered heresy." | |||
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