Houthis Hint at More Attacks on Shipping, Iranians Threaten US Aircraft Carrier

Houthis Hint at More Attacks on Shipping, Iranians Threaten US Aircraft Carrier

The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have posted a video that hints at plans to resume attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. A short video showed montages of images of a ship on fire, with the Arabic caption translated as “Soon.” The footage in the video was an attack in the Gulf of Aden in January 2024 on the oil tanker “Marlin Luanda,” which was one of more than 100 ships hit by the Houthis, who are allies of th…

The ‘Houthi Model’ of Asymmetric Naval Warfare: Implications for UK Littoral Response and Carrier Strike Group Doctrine

Introduction The Red Sea crisis has settled into an uncomfortable new normal. While the initial shock caused by the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) has faded, the strategic implications of the Houthi campaign remain dangerously under-analysed in the context of future British Naval Doctrine. For the Royal Navy, the conflict would appear to cast a shadow over amphibious operations in littoral waters, where both the Carrier Strike Group …