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Offline rangerrebew

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US Navy works on war response plan amid Red Sea ship surge
« on: January 31, 2024, 01:13:24 pm »
US Navy works on war response plan amid Red Sea ship surge
By Megan Eckstein
 Jan 30, 01:42 PM

 
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is working on a new wartime response plan that would affect how ships and crews prepare and deploy for combat, according to the head of U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

This comes as the Navy experiences firsthand in the Middle East what it requires to sustain a fighting force at sea.


The Navy has pushed additional destroyers into the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean regions as well as extended ships’ deployments to keep a heightened presence there. The moves come as Houthi militants in Yemen continue to fire missiles and send drones at naval and merchant ships, military forces ashore, and Israeli targets.

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Re: US Navy works on war response plan amid Red Sea ship surge
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2024, 02:02:46 pm »
The Red Sea and Persian Gulf are nearly land-locked bathtubs - ships would lack ability to maneuver.  It could be a shooting gallery for anti-ship missiles.

The Axis of Resistance doesn't need to win any battles or wars ... they just need to inflict 1,000 painful and emasculating cuts to the West.

There's also the risk that if there is a large US footprint in the area, other regional Islamist movements may see an opportunity to attack American assets and personnel to raise their international profiles and their local recruitment.  Islamist Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden come to mind.
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