The attacks have been able to disrupt shipping and keep the U.S. and its allies tied down, frustrating the Navy’s decades-old mission of keeping open the region’s critical sea lanes.

American military says it has spent about $1 billion fighting Ansar Allah to support Israel’s Gaza War. It has conducted more than 450 strikes and intercepting 200 drones and missiles.

U.S. officials worry that the conflict is simply not sustainable.

“Their supply of weapons from Iran is cheap and highly sustainable, but ours is expensive and our logistics tails are long. We are playing whack-a-mole, and they are playing a long game.”

https://archive.ph/VbNKQ

  • footfaults [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I love how the US military had this casual racism where they thought that just because the Saudis are dark skinned, that was what caused the Saudis to basically lose their war in Yemen, and that now that the whites would be fighting them, they’d win