Israeli Corvette Emerges With A Double Load Of Iron Dome Missiles As Potential Threats Grow
Israel has tested Iron dome on these ships before, but we’ve never seen two launchers on one of their decks, and the timing is also peculiar.
Israel has tested Iron dome on these ships before, but we’ve never seen two launchers on one of their decks, and the timing is also peculiar.
The Houthi strike on Jeddah on the Red Sea came amid reports of a secret meeting between Saudi and Israeli officials elsewhere in the country.
The fearsome combination looks like something out a post-apocalyptic action flick, but gives the group very real mobile firepower.
The attack is one in what has become a long string of strikes by Houthi rebels on vessels transiting the Red Sea.
The group suggested is would step up attacks on commercial ships in response to the Saudi-led coalition’s blockade of their last port.
Though the jets appear to have escaped unscathed, the Yemeni rebels appear to be increasingly able to challenge their opponents in the sky.
Houthi rebels have converted missile stocks intended for the country’s MiG-29s into surface-to-air missiles, possibly with the help of Iran.
King Salman aims to ensure that his son will wear the crown via a weekend full of power consolidation plays.
Whatever the details, the Yemeni rebels continue to be a credible threat to military ships and commercial vessels operating in the region.
The potential threat to international commerce posed by naval mines remains palpable. This is especially true when it comes to their deployment around known geographical bottlenecks. When those bottlenecks convey a large portion of the world’s daily oil supply, destabilizing any one of them could have massive economic and even life-safety repercussions around the globe. This is why the growing threat of naval mines in the Strait of Mandeb, the narrow body of water that ties the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, is so concerning.