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That's an article title I never expected to read in the UK Dail Telegraph.

“This led to Operation Poseidon Archer starting in January 2024, with US and UK counterstrikes on Houthi targets. But as Saudi Arabia proved between 2015 and 2023 (and repeatedly told us) trying to disable the Houthis by kinetic strikes is like punching smoke, and so it proved.”

"The Houthis have defeated the US Navy"

That's an article title I never expected to read in the UK Dail Telegraph.

“This led to Operation Poseidon Archer starting in January 2024, with US and UK counterstrikes on Houthi targets. But as Saudi Arabia proved between 2015 and 2023 (and repeatedly told us) trying to disable the Houthis by kinetic strikes is like punching smoke, and so it proved.”

"The Houthis have defeated the US Navy"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/24/red-sea-houthis-us-navy-prosperity-guardian-iran-gaza/

Complexity explorer. Residing in the liminal.

Interesting article, thanks for sharing.

Defeating local, embedded insurgent forces who know how to leverage asymmetric capabilities has been notoriously difficult throughout history.  Especially when you have no appetite for prolonged ground presence.