You forgot to mention that St. Nikolas was seized for carrying Iranian oil a year ago, it's back and forth like a ping pong ball. Like I don't always believe a ship can be cursed but I'd bet that ship is at least a little bit cursed.
I agree. The question then becomes...Where should our precious assetts be deployed. Our assetts are part of the Department of "Defense". Semantics, I know. The best defense is a good offense, I know. Tired and outdated in the 21st Century. What I hear in multiple sources is the the US Navy is short ~25,000 E-1s through E-4s. Recruiting of competent sailors is falling behind. Could be disinfo for the enemy? But it doesn't feel like that to me. In my personal opinion, Iran and the Middle East is NOT where we should make our stand. The Gulf of Aden, the Bab-el-Mandeb and the Red Sea are a trap for US Navy vessels. I realize that the US "may" have developed extraordinary and powerful weapons in the last 30 years. These narrow bodies of water are NOT where they should be revealed. Let's wait for Communist China to try to take Taiwan, to demonstrate those weapons. The Communist Chinese way even get brazen and try to take Japanese, South Korean or Philippine Sovoreign territories. Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia could also be in the sights of the Communist Chinese regime. In the worst case, even a complex , integrated, cyber, pre-placed military cells or large units via the southern or northern borders. Combined with a direct "shock and awe" destruction and invasion of the three Communist goverment US States of Washington, Oregon and, obviously, Kalifornia. Concentrating on the major and even minor deep water ports. Especially if they think the US is militarily weak. That's the time and place to unleash the might of the US Military. Especially the US Navy's Blue Water Fleet. And any new but unrevealed weaponry developed over the last 30+ years. US Space Force? Anyone? Anyone?
It feels like we're in 1938. Everybody is trying to stave the world off the edge it is tethering, while the fear of the coming conflict is only pushing it closer. What WW2 should have taught us is that no matter how we try to appease or buy peace, it comes a time where not taking sides will end up making things worse when push come to shove.
Unlikely, Iran doesn't want a war any time soon, they've only just delt with a large internal political crisis over hajabs and they're looking at a coming succession crisis. The last thing they need in the next few years is a full on war (they still have long memories of the 1980s war which did enormous damage to them). This isn't to say tehy won't keep trying to out manouvere Saudi (and succeeding at it by past issues).
It does not matter what you think Iran wants or does not want. The proof is in the pudding and we need only look at the chaos they are creating in the region. The time to take an opposing piece off the chess board has arrived. @@tomriley5790
How about stop bombing people that did nothing to them and pull out of the area? And the Jewish people pull out of Gaza now that they killed tens of thousands of Palestinians? Cause that wouldnt cause the attacks on ships to stop or nothing like that.
@@tomriley5790Iran just launched a missile attack on Israeli interests in Syria and Iraq bigger than anything the Russians have done in the last two years, they're getting boarder pressures from the Taliban and terrorist attacks from isis with the occasional Israeli assassination. Iranian actions have nothing to do with what they want to do but what they feel pressured to do.
I wonder if part of reason behind swapping destroyers out more often is also because we’re use a lot more VLS missiles in the last 10 odd years. If the navy plans to swap ships out more often, it helps hide the true missile reserves of the ships on station but also means the navy can fire more missiles per ship per deployment without being worried about any one ship running out before its deployment ends
Running out of missiles under attack would be very bad. There was some talk that the UK ship helped out a last week when the US DD under attack was running low on missiles during that 20some drone/missile attack.
It was either Sub Brief or Larry Johnson on Judge Napolitano show who said 2 VLS for every incoming. So, with the chart at 5:05, USS Carney has used approx 74 of 90 tubes already and needs to be swapped out so the crew doesn't have to worry about depletion. Short deployments also keeps crew fresh and expecting lots of action. So, no need to compound that with an underlying worry about VLS depletion on every next deployment.
@@KnowledgeDriven I understand that typically some of the cells will have Tomahawks in them (and not 1-2 cells), The Sea Sparrows are 4 to a cell too, so not sure how low they would have gotten.
@@k53847 This USN stuff is all new to me, but the math does suggest USN leadership is correct that there are multiple benefits to short DD deployments in an active theatre with no discernable end date for USN presence.
Seeing an almost all Super Hornet flight deck makes me sad, lol. “Back in my day”, lol, we had Hornets, Super Hornets, Tomcats, Prowlers, Vikings, Hawkeyes, Greyhounds, and Sea Hawks, it was a beautiful thing, lol.
The fact the Pandaren are paying tribute to the rebels instead of using their assets in the region to escort is telling of just how pathetic the PLA is going to be when they are forced to do something. Going to make Russia look competent. Iraqi, Iranian, what's the difference these days.
Tayfun Ozberk might have more recent information about that ship since you talked. In a Turkish defense-related UA-cam channel that Mr. Ozberk occasionally joins, a well respected expert, Kozan Erkan, mentioned that the oil tanker (he only mentioned one, not two, carrying oil to Turkey) has some history with Iran. It was carrying Iranian oil previously,but the US seized this oil under Iranian sanctions, and the proceeds were given to a veterans' organization. From older news, it seems like it's the second ship in your video, originally named Suez Rajan. After the seizure, in an effort to disguise its identity, it was renamed St. Nicholas. So, for stealing two tankers full of oil from Turkey, Iran might be using this incident as a retaliation pretext, even though they had already seized the Suezmax for that earlier. If both ships were indeed carrying Turkish-purchased oil, this would be a calculated and hostile action against Turkey, although it's unclear what they expect to gain from it.
Hmm, that title, something seems a little wrong with it. Let me see if I can help. "Are the Houthi attacks risking war with the US? I think that works.
Why don't the Egyptians send some special ops to mess with the Houthis? If they're going to lose 2$B/yr on Suez Canal revenue, it's got to be worth the risk at some point.
You just admitted that the Yemeni didn't attack US ships, until we started bombing them. But at the same time you keep saying they are just attacking everyone they can hit, to "just cause trouble." Then, you're talking about the Iranians taking a tanker, but you fail to mention that that vessel was stolen from the Iranians a few years ago because the US said it was taking oil from Iran to Venezuela. We stole it and renamed it. Then thought we could just sail it around the Gulf still?? Seems like you need to learn your history a bit better.
I remember Sal mentioning the Saint Niklaus on a recent video. He didn't seem to think it was a big deal, since it was just Iran grabbing oil the US had confiscated on a ship that had had its name changed... or something like that.
When I abandoned eating carbs and only meat, my hair was thinning, but now it is filling back in. So, I suspect I was suffering from oxalate poisoning, and it was causing my hair to fall out. Plants do not want to be eaten and have defences to prevent you from being healthy when eating them.
So you can just change your AIS code. Kinda of assumed that was a big no-no in the world of international shipping. That said if you can do this I wonder if changing it to say "Allah Ackbar" or "Juicy Target" would throw them off.
While the Iranian proxies, Houthi Yemeni pester the hell out of Western forces, the Iranians are able to observe and gain masses of intelligence for a potential future conflict in the Gulf region. The Western fleet really are like fish in a barrel in those inland seas, Aircraft carriers in particular are very vulnerable to modern missile attack. Iran is not short of these devices and has a proven arsenal of some size. The USA will find itself; militarily, out of its depth if we analyse these conflicts as should be done rather than in isolation. The Gulf, Africa, Europe, China.
Just a heads up⚡️⚡️⚡️St Nicholas is a Greek shipping company owned vessel⚡️⚡️⚡️Looks like you have an issue with Greek Maritime vessels even though Hellas(Greece)🇬🇷 has the largest maritime fleet in the world⚡️⚡️⚡️
Everything is cyclical, history certainly is and everything in the natural world as well. The old saying, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Sounds like you're advocating we attack Iranian forces. Invading Iran is pretty widely considered to be a losing scenario for the US. What do you think would actually be effective?
Are they not (the Houtis) not getting INTEL from Iranian assets in the Red Sea (Though i also suspect *other* actors are providing info specific to ID US assets)?
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Russia and China have stationed subs to lurk and observe in these waters, hence the prudence in having an ASW presence in place to avert any possible mischief by these bad actors.
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I'm curious to learn about the status of the US stockpile of naval SAMs is... the US going to have enough for that coming war in the Pacific with China?
coming war that might not actually come. The people calling for war with china are louder than the chinese calls for war with the US/taiwan. This is a bit of a problem for actually going to war as the US has always maintained a defensive stance in the region. But anyway, in wartime, the american economy shifts gear, to military production. This is something that is built into american manufacturing, as shown in WW2 and still somewhat maintained. But in any case, in a potential war with china, the stockpiles are already there, in south korea, taiwan, japan and various SEA nations already aligned with the US against china/NK.
@@daivdsmith3746 Which planet are you on? I never said the US is low ammunition. You made that story up by yourself. I asked about the status of the US's Stockpile of naval SAMs and how the Houthi situation is impacting that supply. By the way, where is your source that the US in not low on ammunition???
The US is repeating how the British means of warfare with the US Colonies - failed to recognize the mismatch in guerilla warfare v. the British only one way of conducting warfare. The US current paradigm of conducting warfare has already shown to be ineffective in the Mideast conflicts.
The US Navy serves the state's mandates, the state is arguably already at war with the Houthi's by proxy, given their insidious support for the state of Saudi Arabia from the United States of America. Not in any way defending the Houthis nor am I shitting on the US Navy, the latter of which I've the utmost respect for. However, the title of this video is farcical. Appreciate the channel however, take it as an opinion, not an attack. Peace and prosperity to you.
people use escalation way to fucking much. that word isnt scary at all. context or not. if the houthis attacked the navy the navy isnt at fault for causing anything. thats fucking stupid.
Ending threats to global shipping seems justifiable enough to the civilian population. I don’t foresee any cause that will derail resolve for safe global trade, humanitarian or otherwise. It seems like a field day for the military industrial complex to me. Meddling with shipping puts a big target on your back as you become everyone’s problem.
I wish the US government cared as much about its own people and southern border as it cares about preventing some country on the other side of the world from inconveniencing Israeli shipping.
southern border being open benefits the US economy, no matter what people try to frame it as, immigrants = more cheap workers meanwhile, 'inconveniencing' as you try to call it, potentially accounts for a trillion dollars globally and most definitely is not restricted to israeli shipping.
@@nanonano2595yeah, it benefits the ruling class. But if you're an unskilled or semi-skilled worker, its pushing down your wages and pushing up your housing costs.
Hey SubBrief, maybe it'd be more professional to talk about "Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen" instead of saying "Yemen" because that would imply the Yemeni government is behind these attacks. As always, thanks for your fantastic coverage!
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Somebody explain the Houthi slavery stuff I keep seeing on Twitter like I’m 7 years old. Nobody backs up the claim, or explains what’s going on, I just keep seeing combinations of Yemen+slavery or Houthi+slavery. Also the people defending Yemen/the Houthi’s might be more hateavle than the Palestinians who celebrate October 7th.
Lots of African illegals travel Somalia->Yemen hoping to reach Europe or Saudi-Arabia. Historically Arabs like Yemenis loathe black people. Quite racist really. Historically blacks have always been enslaved in the region. It was only European colonisation which shut slavery down. Yemen only banned slavery in 1962. So you have anarchy, weapons and 'people who don't matter' as targets all present in Yemen. Arabs are also targeted as slaves though. Inevitable outcome: Slavery.
Yeah you could sailor shipped through the Chinese flag and their ID numbers saying they're Chinese or Jam the frequency that the ships are going through and see what China does
Re the title card: No. War was risked by the continual, consistent, multi-year rolling ineptitude of the current Administration and high ranking military officials serving thereby. From our complete defeat in Afghanistan to our steady collapses in Iraq, Syria, the Mediterranean AO, and we see the effect of Biden's willing complete neglect of maintaining deterrence... his entire foreign-policy moniker can be complete summarized by the phrase "Too little, too late." From Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, Israel, and the Red Sea, we see the exact same patterns: Failures of intelligence, failures of prevention, failures of deterrence, failures and decision-making, massive lags of action showing weakness, and insufficient actions when action is finally taken. In short: The complete opposite of the Trump foreign policy record. As an American Independent, I cannot see any upside to the Biden administration's policy record in foreign policy compared to prior. It's like a few years of weakness undid decades of maintenance and construction of capability-... shocking, when compared to the comparatively "pacific" 4 years under Trump. I -hate- the guy, but damn it, from economy to foreign policy, the alternatives are proving CATASTROPHICALLY WORSE. Trump is a barely passable figure (being beyond charitable to him there)... but his policies broadly worked to a mediocre enough degree that, within reason, he may be the only viable choice for -international- safety and stability over Biden- to say nothing of local economics and internal issues. At least, if the GoP continues it's insanity in not replacing Trump with Haley. Trump's policy of deterrence strike on Syria back in 2019-20 worked well... clearly the Biden Administration does not know what it is doing by comparison.
Trump negotiated the AFG withdrawal and drew down troops to non-sustainable levels. Biden has been actively supporting UKR. That support is currently being held by the GOP. He is actively supporting Israel despite Israeli Netanyahu’s ineptitude and consistent policy failures - including tacit support of Hamas to kill the two state option. Painting Biden as “weak” may fit your political bias that “Trump is strong” but it does not comport with reality.
I dont get them saying "we're expanding our target list to include the US merchant fleet" Like why specify the merchant fleet, are they expecting military vessels to not get involved because theyre "not on the list"? Either way I very much hope vessels transiting the area start arming themselves again to the point where they can at least fend off small fast vessels, I've never really understood why vessels transiting dangerous waters have switched from having a few armed guards with a GPMG or 2 to being fully reliant on methods such as water cannons that clearly dont work.
Yeah. A private security team at least. I think for the USN, this emphasizes the importance of smaller warships like frigates so that they can be everywhere they need to be. A destroyer is overkill for this kind of stuff and you can only have so many on escort duty.
Look at that, ONE carrier with more active Aircraft ( State of the Art at that ) than a vast majority of Nations entire Air Forces. Think there's a general misunderstanding in these countries in just what they are dealing with, with antagonising America and the best bit is they aren't even trying yet, still got one hand behind their back and playing nice.
Ike is not state of the art. She's been in commission since the 70s Of course she's had upgrades, but the state of the art is the Ford, who isn't equipped with 5th gen fighters either Still more powerful than most air forces though 😊
@@cockatoo010 Ford is not equipped with 5th gen aircraft, Ford didn't have any F-35 C on board when it was near Israel. USS Carl Vinson is the only aircraft carrier with F-35's now.
Rotating escorts is a fantastic idea! Those destroyers are expending surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles which unlike food and fuel can not be replenished at sea (not the VLS ones at least). I have been wondering how this would be handled with all this junk being thrown around by Houthi.
What could they possibly mount to defend against cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones? They could reasonably defend against pirate hijacking although that would probably require more crew plus small arms that would limit what ports they could enter, but it’s possible. Defense against military weapons just isn’t an option I can imagine.
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Did you serve on the USS Florida? I may have found a picture of you on Wikipedia for the boat. haha
Where did you get the information on china paying to the Houthi’s to get the ship through? I can’t find the article on that?
The WEAK administration that “80 million people” voted into office is why bad actors on the world stage don’t stop their bad behavior, PERIOD!
You forgot to mention that St. Nikolas was seized for carrying Iranian oil a year ago, it's back and forth like a ping pong ball. Like I don't always believe a ship can be cursed but I'd bet that ship is at least a little bit cursed.
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you are 100% correct. so good. thank you.
I agree. The question then becomes...Where should our precious assetts be deployed.
Our assetts are part of the Department of "Defense". Semantics, I know. The best defense is a good offense, I know. Tired and outdated in the 21st Century.
What I hear in multiple sources is the the US Navy is short ~25,000 E-1s through E-4s.
Recruiting of competent sailors is falling behind. Could be disinfo for the enemy? But it doesn't feel like that to me.
In my personal opinion, Iran and the Middle East is NOT where we should make our stand.
The Gulf of Aden, the Bab-el-Mandeb and the Red Sea are a trap for US Navy vessels.
I realize that the US "may" have developed extraordinary and powerful weapons in the last 30 years. These narrow bodies of water are NOT where they should be revealed.
Let's wait for Communist China to try to take Taiwan, to demonstrate those weapons.
The Communist Chinese way even get brazen and try to take Japanese, South Korean or Philippine Sovoreign territories. Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia could also be in the sights of the Communist Chinese regime.
In the worst case, even a complex , integrated, cyber, pre-placed military cells or large units via the southern or northern borders. Combined with a direct "shock and awe" destruction and invasion of the three Communist goverment US States of Washington, Oregon and, obviously, Kalifornia. Concentrating on the major and even minor deep water ports. Especially if they think the US is militarily weak.
That's the time and place to unleash the might of the US Military.
Especially the US Navy's Blue Water Fleet.
And any new but unrevealed weaponry developed over the last 30+ years.
US Space Force? Anyone? Anyone?
It feels like we're in 1938. Everybody is trying to stave the world off the edge it is tethering, while the fear of the coming conflict is only pushing it closer. What WW2 should have taught us is that no matter how we try to appease or buy peace, it comes a time where not taking sides will end up making things worse when push come to shove.
Ukraine is however a side campaign, it will go down in ME and China. We should get out of Eastern Europe ASAP.
Unlikely, Iran doesn't want a war any time soon, they've only just delt with a large internal political crisis over hajabs and they're looking at a coming succession crisis. The last thing they need in the next few years is a full on war (they still have long memories of the 1980s war which did enormous damage to them). This isn't to say tehy won't keep trying to out manouvere Saudi (and succeeding at it by past issues).
It does not matter what you think Iran wants or does not want. The proof is in the pudding and we need only look at the chaos they are creating in the region. The time to take an opposing piece off the chess board has arrived. @@tomriley5790
How about stop bombing people that did nothing to them and pull out of the area? And the Jewish people pull out of Gaza now that they killed tens of thousands of Palestinians? Cause that wouldnt cause the attacks on ships to stop or nothing like that.
@@tomriley5790Iran just launched a missile attack on Israeli interests in Syria and Iraq bigger than anything the Russians have done in the last two years, they're getting boarder pressures from the Taliban and terrorist attacks from isis with the occasional Israeli assassination.
Iranian actions have nothing to do with what they want to do but what they feel pressured to do.
I wonder if part of reason behind swapping destroyers out more often is also because we’re use a lot more VLS missiles in the last 10 odd years. If the navy plans to swap ships out more often, it helps hide the true missile reserves of the ships on station but also means the navy can fire more missiles per ship per deployment without being worried about any one ship running out before its deployment ends
Running out of missiles under attack would be very bad. There was some talk that the UK ship helped out a last week when the US DD under attack was running low on missiles during that 20some drone/missile attack.
It was either Sub Brief or Larry Johnson on Judge Napolitano show who said 2 VLS for every incoming. So, with the chart at 5:05, USS Carney has used approx 74 of 90 tubes already and needs to be swapped out so the crew doesn't have to worry about depletion.
Short deployments also keeps crew fresh and expecting lots of action. So, no need to compound that with an underlying worry about VLS depletion on every next deployment.
@@KnowledgeDriven I understand that typically some of the cells will have Tomahawks in them (and not 1-2 cells), The Sea Sparrows are 4 to a cell too, so not sure how low they would have gotten.
@@k53847 This USN stuff is all new to me, but the math does suggest USN leadership is correct that there are multiple benefits to short DD deployments in an active theatre with no discernable end date for USN presence.
@@KnowledgeDriven short deployments also provide more frequent opportunities to adapt to the evolving threat.
4:24 the Burkes have been using a lot of missiles that cannot be reloaded at sea
I heard they reload in Djibouti.
@@jakeaurod at least that’s pretty nearby.
@@jakeaurod at least that’s pretty nearby.
I was going to mention this. Djibouti has rearming facilities but the broader issue is that you can’t do VLS replen at sea
@@JinKeeit is right across from Yemen…very close
Our enemies are reading our routines.
Sounds like it's long past time to issue a 'disproportionate' response since the 'proportionate' one seems to have been forgotten.
Thank you for mentioning each ship and any group that participated in attacks or defense.
Yeah, Aaron is pretty good about credit where credit is due. One of the great things about this channel
Our enemies will not wait for our consent to wage war against us.
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Seeing an almost all Super Hornet flight deck makes me sad, lol. “Back in my day”, lol, we had Hornets, Super Hornets, Tomcats, Prowlers, Vikings, Hawkeyes, Greyhounds, and Sea Hawks, it was a beautiful thing, lol.
The fact the Pandaren are paying tribute to the rebels instead of using their assets in the region to escort is telling of just how pathetic the PLA is going to be when they are forced to do something. Going to make Russia look competent.
Iraqi, Iranian, what's the difference these days.
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There already is a war. Good channel.
The war with Iran has benn ongoing since February 14, 1979. The problem is only Iran was fighting, we haven't been.
Tayfun Ozberk might have more recent information about that ship since you talked. In a Turkish defense-related UA-cam channel that Mr. Ozberk occasionally joins, a well respected expert, Kozan Erkan, mentioned that the oil tanker (he only mentioned one, not two, carrying oil to Turkey) has some history with Iran. It was carrying Iranian oil previously,but the US seized this oil under Iranian sanctions, and the proceeds were given to a veterans' organization. From older news, it seems like it's the second ship in your video, originally named Suez Rajan. After the seizure, in an effort to disguise its identity, it was renamed St. Nicholas. So, for stealing two tankers full of oil from Turkey, Iran might be using this incident as a retaliation pretext, even though they had already seized the Suezmax for that earlier. If both ships were indeed carrying Turkish-purchased oil, this would be a calculated and hostile action against Turkey, although it's unclear what they expect to gain from it.
"Because we did not keep up the pressure... the way I want you to keep your hair" 😆😆😂
Nice segway 👏
Houthis aren't a country, just guys who wear unifroms.
Sort of like McDonalds... :)
They're effectively the government of Yemen.
Rotation brings in full VLT's.
Hmm, that title, something seems a little wrong with it. Let me see if I can help. "Are the Houthi attacks risking war with the US? I think that works.
Very nice update - thanx. BTW - I share your distaste for Mr. Shock and Awe....
Red Sea piracy directly effects Suez Canal revenues. Egyptian government doesn’t seem to be taking part in anti-piracy operations.
They rely on us just like china and everyone else. Makes you wonder why we bother huh.
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That ad was pretty long😂
Why don't the Egyptians send some special ops to mess with the Houthis? If they're going to lose 2$B/yr on Suez Canal revenue, it's got to be worth the risk at some point.
You just admitted that the Yemeni didn't attack US ships, until we started bombing them. But at the same time you keep saying they are just attacking everyone they can hit, to "just cause trouble."
Then, you're talking about the Iranians taking a tanker, but you fail to mention that that vessel was stolen from the Iranians a few years ago because the US said it was taking oil from Iran to Venezuela. We stole it and renamed it. Then thought we could just sail it around the Gulf still?? Seems like you need to learn your history a bit better.
Any thoughts on the 2 missing sailors? Was their mission worth the risk for a handful of missile parts?
They captured Santa? No, not Santa! 😭
I remember Sal mentioning the Saint Niklaus on a recent video. He didn't seem to think it was a big deal, since it was just Iran grabbing oil the US had confiscated on a ship that had had its name changed... or something like that.
This whole region feels to me like someone is playing chess and someone is playing checkers.... And we only move diagonal.
It was the royal navy but mostly the royal Air force mainly on the uk side etc
Does Iran really want a "praying mantis" mk II?😅
Definitely need to apply more pressure on Iran
The German government sends the air defense frigate “FGS Hessen” to the Red Sea !
When I abandoned eating carbs and only meat, my hair was thinning, but now it is filling back in. So, I suspect I was suffering from oxalate poisoning, and it was causing my hair to fall out. Plants do not want to be eaten and have defences to prevent you from being healthy when eating them.
So you can just change your AIS code. Kinda of assumed that was a big no-no in the world of international shipping. That said if you can do this I wonder if changing it to say "Allah Ackbar" or "Juicy Target" would throw them off.
While the Iranian proxies, Houthi Yemeni pester the hell out of Western forces, the Iranians are able to observe and gain masses of intelligence for a potential future conflict in the Gulf region. The Western fleet really are like fish in a barrel in those inland seas, Aircraft carriers in particular are very vulnerable to modern missile attack. Iran is not short of these devices and has a proven arsenal of some size.
The USA will find itself; militarily, out of its depth if we analyse these conflicts as should be done rather than in isolation. The Gulf, Africa, Europe, China.
I was wondering what happened to general Yaya
Aren't attacks on shipping a war event. Thomas Jefferson thought so.
Just a heads up⚡️⚡️⚡️St Nicholas is a Greek shipping company owned vessel⚡️⚡️⚡️Looks like you have an issue with Greek Maritime vessels even though Hellas(Greece)🇬🇷 has the largest maritime fleet in the world⚡️⚡️⚡️
I don’t see how this is US problem. The only thing US navy need to protect us US merchant shipping. Everything else is not our problem.
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is this a case where Iran has nothing to lose since they are already embargoed out the wazoo and it ain't going to end anytime soon?
Operation praying Mantis 2 anyone
lol the ad YT just give me when i clicked on this had the phrase "free palestine" and not in the free palestine from hamas way of thinking
Is it me or does it seem like everyone is picking a side and things are getting out of hand….
Everything is cyclical, history certainly is and everything in the natural world as well. The old saying, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
@@reallyhappenings5597how did you use so many words and still manage to say nothing?
Sounds like you're advocating we attack Iranian forces. Invading Iran is pretty widely considered to be a losing scenario for the US. What do you think would actually be effective?
flag on fighter on thumbnail is wrong
Are they not (the Houtis) not getting INTEL from Iranian assets in the Red Sea (Though i also suspect *other* actors are providing info specific to ID US assets)?
Where is Egypt in all this? They don't want traffic going through the Suez?
HEADLINE : "IRAN TAKES SANTA CLAUSE HOSTAGE ! ! ! " (ship St. Nicholas)
Uhhhh, *yeah.* Gotta do *something* about that election coming up in November.
Can we start calling the Houthi spokesman Sanaa Sam, since he's as full of bologna as Baghdad Bob?
3rd Gulf War?
I would suggest "responsibility" is a better word than "credit" when signifying the actor/agent who undertakes an attack.
Call it whatever you want, it is a war.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Russia and China have stationed subs to lurk and observe in these waters, hence the prudence in having an ASW presence in place to avert any possible mischief by these bad actors.
They are certainly near and watching.
Great info I agree the more we can rotate fresh crews into the gap there the more safe the area will become.
WHERE are the Saudi AF.....?
Im sorry but what kind of war can the houthi's try to do without Iran's help? Think Iran will actually try to go to actual war with the US?
St Nicolas? They stole Santa /o\
Turkey could use an attack on one is an attack on all right?
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Lol risk there ain't no risk
Are ????
Is.
War makes money for the rich and powerful, it is the poor who pay in lives. How much money is your life worth.
Ask the houthi's
Look it's Henry the Houthi er Goofy
Shouldnt the question be Are the Houthi’s Attacks On shipping Risking WAR with the US?
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It's the Mid-East
War is the normal state for the region.
Of course they're risking war. Otherwise, perpetual war would not be possible.
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Are you hoping for erectile disorder meds?
It's hard to resist those 5 figure checks for a 1 minute ad. Same with EstablishedTitles and the mobile phone game ads.
If the other income streams can't cover all the bills, gota make it up some how or offset the cost of extra episodes. For the amount of good solid reporting and quality information his shows put out, he should have higher quality sponsors knocking down his door.
@@-DM Yeah, I get it, but you have to have some integrity.
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my thumb up for the keeps ad, btw no one in their right mind wants to mess up with Us and China at same time , that's why Chinese related ships were granded safe passage, the pay roll is a terrible joke :)
thank you, I'm happy someone is getting these jokes.
Didn't he say Chinas paying them for passage?
I'm curious to learn about the status of the US stockpile of naval SAMs is... the US going to have enough for that coming war in the Pacific with China?
The US is not low on ammunition. Where are your sources for this?
coming war that might not actually come. The people calling for war with china are louder than the chinese calls for war with the US/taiwan. This is a bit of a problem for actually going to war as the US has always maintained a defensive stance in the region.
But anyway, in wartime, the american economy shifts gear, to military production. This is something that is built into american manufacturing, as shown in WW2 and still somewhat maintained.
But in any case, in a potential war with china, the stockpiles are already there, in south korea, taiwan, japan and various SEA nations already aligned with the US against china/NK.
Xi Jinping is absolutely taking China to war as soon as it is ready, he was explicitly clear on this in a November private meeting with Biden.
@@daivdsmith3746 Which planet are you on? I never said the US is low ammunition. You made that story up by yourself. I asked about the status of the US's Stockpile of naval SAMs and how the Houthi situation is impacting that supply. By the way, where is your source that the US in not low on ammunition???
The solution is simple: stop war in Gaza!!
The US is repeating how the British means of warfare with the US Colonies - failed to recognize the mismatch in guerilla warfare v. the British only one way of conducting warfare. The US current paradigm of conducting warfare has already shown to be ineffective in the Mideast conflicts.
The US Navy serves the state's mandates, the state is arguably already at war with the Houthi's by proxy, given their insidious support for the state of Saudi Arabia from the United States of America. Not in any way defending the Houthis nor am I shitting on the US Navy, the latter of which I've the utmost respect for. However, the title of this video is farcical. Appreciate the channel however, take it as an opinion, not an attack. Peace and prosperity to you.
people use escalation way to fucking much. that word isnt scary at all. context or not. if the houthis attacked the navy the navy isnt at fault for causing anything. thats fucking stupid.
That transition to Keeps was flawless.
Ending threats to global shipping seems justifiable enough to the civilian population. I don’t foresee any cause that will derail resolve for safe global trade, humanitarian or otherwise. It seems like a field day for the military industrial complex to me. Meddling with shipping puts a big target on your back as you become everyone’s problem.
Can some one tell me the point of having marines, ARG and a entire CSG in the Middle East? When they aren’t used?
"Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far" Theodore Roosevelt
I wish the US government cared as much about its own people and southern border as it cares about preventing some country on the other side of the world from inconveniencing Israeli shipping.
Word
southern border being open benefits the US economy, no matter what people try to frame it as, immigrants = more cheap workers
meanwhile, 'inconveniencing' as you try to call it, potentially accounts for a trillion dollars globally and most definitely is not restricted to israeli shipping.
What scares you exactly about open borders? Do you hate Mexicans?
@@nanonano2595yeah, it benefits the ruling class. But if you're an unskilled or semi-skilled worker, its pushing down your wages and pushing up your housing costs.
@@roflchopter11almost like if capitalism isn’t manufactured to be like that… bozo
Hey SubBrief, maybe it'd be more professional to talk about "Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen" instead of saying "Yemen" because that would imply the Yemeni government is behind these attacks. As always, thanks for your fantastic coverage!
Who is left in the U.S. ADMINISTRATION that has the slightest notion about prosecuting military operations for basic, existential nation defense?
Like the opinions and data you offer, but I could never advertise for a bald shame based company.
Save the puppies and scritch the noses and ears of Belgian horses is legit.
Shaming men for aging and not doing the same for women?
C'mon, man.
Fair is fair.
There is no shame in growing old or losing hair. One is nature and the other is a choice. No shame only time.
Somebody explain the Houthi slavery stuff I keep seeing on Twitter like I’m 7 years old. Nobody backs up the claim, or explains what’s going on, I just keep seeing combinations of Yemen+slavery or Houthi+slavery. Also the people defending Yemen/the Houthi’s might be more hateavle than the Palestinians who celebrate October 7th.
Lots of African illegals travel Somalia->Yemen hoping to reach Europe or Saudi-Arabia.
Historically Arabs like Yemenis loathe black people. Quite racist really.
Historically blacks have always been enslaved in the region. It was only European colonisation which shut slavery down. Yemen only banned slavery in 1962.
So you have anarchy, weapons and 'people who don't matter' as targets all present in Yemen.
Arabs are also targeted as slaves though.
Inevitable outcome: Slavery.
Yeah you could sailor shipped through the Chinese flag and their ID numbers saying they're Chinese or Jam the frequency that the ships are going through and see what China does
i need proof of life that the sec def is alive
‘Keeps’ the commercials to yourself……👎🏽 Stop going corporate. It’s not becoming of you👎🏽
Accountant says 'No' (you wont get that reference and that's OK with me)
Weakness is provocative. It's why Trump had zero wars.
Peace through strength.
When you are in the pocket of your enemies, they have no reason to attack. You are already defeated.
Trump was too busy fellating Putin under his desk to fight any wars.
@@StringsandWings When you see someone believes something like that. You already know they are a dumbass
@@StringsandWingsyou think Donald, of all the possible choices, is the one in the enemies pocket? So Hunter and the Russians are just pen pals?
YES ! That's why US dont have free heatlthcare !
You guys got to make every dollar count !
if only that was true
The U.S. spends more than most other countries on healthcare. Stop spreading misinformation.
US is WEAK sauce
Re the title card: No. War was risked by the continual, consistent, multi-year rolling ineptitude of the current Administration and high ranking military officials serving thereby. From our complete defeat in Afghanistan to our steady collapses in Iraq, Syria, the Mediterranean AO, and we see the effect of Biden's willing complete neglect of maintaining deterrence... his entire foreign-policy moniker can be complete summarized by the phrase "Too little, too late." From Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, Israel, and the Red Sea, we see the exact same patterns: Failures of intelligence, failures of prevention, failures of deterrence, failures and decision-making, massive lags of action showing weakness, and insufficient actions when action is finally taken. In short: The complete opposite of the Trump foreign policy record. As an American Independent, I cannot see any upside to the Biden administration's policy record in foreign policy compared to prior. It's like a few years of weakness undid decades of maintenance and construction of capability-... shocking, when compared to the comparatively "pacific" 4 years under Trump. I -hate- the guy, but damn it, from economy to foreign policy, the alternatives are proving CATASTROPHICALLY WORSE. Trump is a barely passable figure (being beyond charitable to him there)... but his policies broadly worked to a mediocre enough degree that, within reason, he may be the only viable choice for -international- safety and stability over Biden- to say nothing of local economics and internal issues. At least, if the GoP continues it's insanity in not replacing Trump with Haley. Trump's policy of deterrence strike on Syria back in 2019-20 worked well... clearly the Biden Administration does not know what it is doing by comparison.
Trump negotiated the AFG withdrawal and drew down troops to non-sustainable levels. Biden has been actively supporting UKR. That support is currently being held by the GOP. He is actively supporting Israel despite Israeli Netanyahu’s ineptitude and consistent policy failures - including tacit support of Hamas to kill the two state option. Painting Biden as “weak” may fit your political bias that “Trump is strong” but it does not comport with reality.
Iran has Eboats….
The potato in chief is only interested in media victories
Thanks for your time and content, homie!
I dont get them saying "we're expanding our target list to include the US merchant fleet"
Like why specify the merchant fleet, are they expecting military vessels to not get involved because theyre "not on the list"?
Either way I very much hope vessels transiting the area start arming themselves again to the point where they can at least fend off small fast vessels, I've never really understood why vessels transiting dangerous waters have switched from having a few armed guards with a GPMG or 2 to being fully reliant on methods such as water cannons that clearly dont work.
Virtue signalling
Yeah. A private security team at least.
I think for the USN, this emphasizes the importance of smaller warships like frigates so that they can be everywhere they need to be. A destroyer is overkill for this kind of stuff and you can only have so many on escort duty.
Because countries are skawed of guns. And insurance companies are too.
@@roflchopter11 wtf is skawed
Are you seriously using baby talk to be sarcastic
Look at that, ONE carrier with more active Aircraft ( State of the Art at that ) than a vast majority of Nations entire Air Forces. Think there's a general misunderstanding in these countries in just what they are dealing with, with antagonising America and the best bit is they aren't even trying yet, still got one hand behind their back and playing nice.
Ike is not state of the art. She's been in commission since the 70s
Of course she's had upgrades, but the state of the art is the Ford, who isn't equipped with 5th gen fighters either
Still more powerful than most air forces though 😊
@@cockatoo010 Ford is not equipped with 5th gen aircraft, Ford didn't have any F-35 C on board when it was near Israel. USS Carl Vinson is the only aircraft carrier with F-35's now.
@@niweshlekhak9646what’s the timeline for incorporating more F-35 squadrons deployed at sea?
Rotating escorts is a fantastic idea! Those destroyers are expending surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles which unlike food and fuel can not be replenished at sea (not the VLS ones at least). I have been wondering how this would be handled with all this junk being thrown around by Houthi.
Remember when nearly all merchant ships had a standard compliment of giant cannons on each side? Pretty sure there was a reason for it.
What could they possibly mount to defend against cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones?
They could reasonably defend against pirate hijacking although that would probably require more crew plus small arms that would limit what ports they could enter, but it’s possible. Defense against military weapons just isn’t an option I can imagine.
WWII? 😅
@@phil20_20 he meant the 17-18th century when major powers sponsored privateers to rob and sink rival countries' merchant ships.
Dumb comment and you know it
@@rydplrs71even something like a few stingers would offer a lot of protection against stuff like that
Lol, you're funny.
No, you are not "risking war". You are already at war.
There is war and then there is war. Have war now hope we do not get to war.
Clearly you can see the difference.