US Forces vs Houthi Militia In The Red Sea | Balance Of Power | Insider
A battle is playing out in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi militia attack commercial shipping vessels headed to the Suez Canal, using weapons supplied by Iran. Now a US-led task force is fighting back. We compare the weapons, tactics, and tell you who holds the power in this global conflict.
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00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Missiles - Tomahawk, Hellfire, Iranian-Made Missiles, ASBM
3:24 - Aircraft - Reaper, Hornet, Seahawk
5:58 - Threats - Spy Radar Systems
7:01 - Navy - Carriers And Destroyers
9:39 - Houthis' Stakes
10:37 - The Future - Yemen, Iran, US
11:50 - Balance Of Power
12:25 - Credits
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Houthi Militia Vs US Forces In The Red Sea | Balance Of Power | Insider
Houthi are the first in the world to use ASBM directly in war
"Irianian Backed" vs "US Backed Isreal/Mossad"
I also heard the Mossad killed Jesus!
Plus China/Russia
😂😂😂😂😂
Houthis isn't recognize as a legitimate governing body by anyone... 😂 So first learn then comment
Why the U.S. military is fuking with Arabs 12 thousands miles away from here . Fafo
@1:16 I was on that ship, USS Laboon during that strike. That was headed to Syria.
Thank you for your service, Sir.
Laboon? ONE PIECE????
OPSEC???
@@beanbagger1287its literally on the news dude
@@joshuazavala9723 hahahahaha is he your boyfriend?
Another fact is that the drone or missiles used by the Houthi cost between 3,000 -50,000 dollars. The missiles used by the US to shoot done the Houthi droes/missiles cost between one - 2 million dollars!
You're missing the fact that one of the main defenses is CIWS which is practically free
@@velqt "it take 400,000 dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds"
@@velqt bro thinks CIWS is a laser
@@brendanb1929 Never said it's a laser, but for the average engagement time of 1.5 seconds at 45$ a round it would cost 3300$ to engage a threat.
@@ylstorage7085 27k USD for 12 second burst @ 3000 rpm @ 45$ a round
Some very useful information here. Well done.
Thanks for watching!
Loved this documentary
Thanks for your honesty.
Thank you for your service, Sir.
Your welcome rabbi
😅😅@@deeznutz8320
Excellent commentary, shipmate! I served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) during Operation Southern Watch (OSW), and spent some time in the Middle East. All I could say is that you were spot on, non-biased, and straight to the point. I wish more reporters could be so professional! BZ!
dude looked like AI generated.
yoooo come on not know! do you think it has reached the time to start thinking about that on videos?? just curious
Agreed
It’s because of the picture frame thing they are using and his shirt is same color as background. I do not believe he’s AI generated.
It's because of the background
Lol
Our weapons are overpriced.
The US military is forced to purchase from them because of the monopolization of five US private weapon corporations to manufacture weapons for profit and limit weapon output.
@KZheadCensorsEverything. If you are talking about US weapons, it's because we test and work toward higher reliability. Or do you prefer to be like Iran where (allegedly) up to 50% of its missiles failed on the launching pad?
@@slimjimnyc270lmao cope
@@NeostormXLMAX"dUrR cOpE" tell me youre a cringe 13 yr old without telling me youre a cringe 13 yr old
@@slimjimnyc270Bullshit. The Patriot air defence system was a dud in the Gulf War.
That's why it's called asymmetric warfare. On the one hand, multi-million weapons with expensively trained personnel, on the other, relatively cheap weapons that can be operated by talented and fanatical teenagers. Guess who´s winning.
The Yemenis of course. As Biden admitted that the strikes are not working and the State Department new statement mulls at diplomacy citing that military action will not achieve anything.
Your right
I'm afraid there are fanatical teenagers in both sides... 😕
usa is morning fanatics than arabs ..
Winning means achieving your political objectives. If their objective is just to gain clout by poking the US, sure. If it's to change US foreign policy - they can spend the rest of their lives taking potshots and that's not going to happen.
lol @1:50 he calls it a 'pocket of yemen they control', google 'houthi controlled yemen' and 'yemen population density map' and you will find they overlap.
We're talking about asymmetrical warfare, yet don't discount the Houthis. Remember history has taught us the underdogs can lose the battles but still win the war. America vs UK, NVA vs USA, Afghan vs USSR and USA, Somalia vs USA.
Slava 🇹🇼
Very true. It's a very tricky game here. Militarily, the US crushed the North Vietnamese and Taliban, but they lost politically in the long run.
I had a similar conversation when I was in Jordan recently, but before the more-recent escalation in regional hostilities. The man I was speaking to pointed out that two regions on earth that could never fall to outsiders are Afghanistan and Yemen. He explained that the combination of culture and geography in these areas creates regions that will resist and resist and resist until external aggressors lose the strategic initiative and the will to fight.
In fact, the United States could station troops in Afghanistan for a long time, but it gave up.
@@NikSwiftDigs Yep, Israel knows they're not going to win the war against Palestine, short of committing genocide. Don't think for a moment the jews wouldn't love to push all the muslims into the sea too. This 'resistance' can be a double edged sword.
The US and it's dogs are losing to a bunch of teenagers in flip-flops ThE BeSt ArMy iN tHe WoRlD
Dogs 😅😅
Luffy vs world government meme
Thats why every country begs the US for help when they cant do it themselves 😂😂 USA #1 get over it 🤡
Ooo spill that salt! 🤡
USA number 1 in having the most whor3s 😂😂😂 @@genocyber4842
So some conclusions. The weapons of the West, despite all their technical perfection (or rather precisely because of their technical perfection), are inferior to the weapons used by the Houthis in effectiveness. And here we are not even talking about hitting targets. The Houthis turn out to be the winners when their missile, at a cost of ten thousand dollars, is fired several anti-missiles, at a cost of up to a million dollars. Their winning strategy is to force the United States to use its weapons as often as possible. The degree of risk, even if most Houthi attacks are repelled, some of them reach the target. And it pays off not even because of the huge gap in price between the tool used and the target it hits. And due to the fact that the possibility of suffering from such an attack makes the risk of sailing there unacceptable for peaceful vessels. It looks like a losing situation.
the Houthis are doing this for the Palestinians no matter how how advanced your technology, improvised stragey and adaptability can be just as lehtal.
Don't forget Iran is aiding them. Stand strong free world.
And usa aiding apartheid 2ionist.
Sadly, there's no side for the free world in this conflict.
We need AWACS in a networked drone system that can autonomously loiter land recharge and take back off. Palmer Lucky has some interesting new weapons featuring a Lattice network.
Tomahawks haven't been armed with nuclear warheads since the 80's
I served in the Surface Warfare community, but know enough about SSGN ‘s [sic] to tell you that it was the mid-2000s when the Ohio Class subs were upgraded from the Cold War era Tridents to Tomahawks with the exception of two tubes that were used specifically for SEAL/SDV use. This is all Unclassified, BTW.
@@jayrose6312 right, but they're all conventionally armed. The nuclear variants were withdrawn at the end of the 1980's or very early 90's with the warheads themselves being dismantled by 2011. (And not all of the Ohio's [4] were converted)
@@GenPatton0043 You may be thinking about those subs themselves being designated for phase out with the advent of the Seawolf and Virginia Class subs. We definitely did minimize our stockpile of nuclear weapons in general, but deterrence is still a huge part of our overall national security infrastructure and defense methodology. It’s unclassified as our basic nuclear triad is very capable and stronger than ever even with less quantity. Think about it like the nuclear reactors onboard naval vessels as that makes a great example. The Enterprise had 8 reactors, but they came nowhere close to the power output of let’s say the dual reactor system on the George Washington half a century or so later. It’s really an over simplification, but a nuclear power school instructor (I was in the pipeline, BTW, way back in 1996) said to me to look at those 8 reactors like D Cell batteries, you may get 12V total, but EACH reactor on a Nimitz Class is likened to a 12V lantern battery. Just ONE matches the voltage and has a respectable amp-hours amount right off the bat! The same held true for Fat Man and Little Boy, but the scale was far more, um, exponential. Now, a quick rule of thumb that I learned for which subs were armed with nuclear warheads, again for deterrence, was by the designation. All modern subs are nuclear powered, hence “SSN” (SS+N), however the “G” is added for “guided nuclear misses” and “B” for the “ballistic” nuclear variety used as part of our nations overall nuclear triad. There’s actually a ton, still unclassified and VERY interesting that goes into it, such as the use of VLF radios that work damn near anywhere on the planet. Also, contrary to popular belief, the “targets” are not preset, but provided on a secure channel along with orders and then it takes two senior officers in command to confirm the hash only, the rest is deciphered in realtime! This is a quick process, has failsafes, is part of the overall triad, and has kept our country safe since its inception. You could Google most of this, but the algorithm won’t let me post specific links anymore without deleting my entire longwinded post. Just checkout the designations and go from there! Finally, do a search on the “Pantex Plant” and it’ll blow your mind!
one thing they fail to mention is that the houthis are only targeting jewish ships
israeli ship get it right
Israeli ship pal. Do not attempt to parrot the narrative making this into a religious conflict.. has zero to do with religion.
not jewesh ship. i dont know how a ship becomes jewesh but israeli ships that are headed to israel
Thats not true
@@ArchStandford Jews are an ethnic group
So .. with all those powerful toys .. why Houthis keep launching missiles ?
Partly to drain the expensive resources that are far more difficult to deliver and replenish. It appears tactical at the very least. They also seem to use a “shock, awe, and overwhelm” method to their particular variety of madness. It seems more calculated than it first appears or they are idiots simply throwing everything they have with the hopes and intentions that Iran will keep a less expensive offensive supply up via a “bottomless cup.” Their “surprise attack” on Israel not long ago where only ~1% got through spoke volumes about their planning or lack thereof. They are either geniuses and crazy, or morons and desperate. I’m just not certain which yet.
because they are the only country in the world to take military action for Palestine
Let us pray for World Peace
They could easily drown vessels if They were told
Ya think, I don’t think you know the firing rate of ships phalanx system.
Then why aren't they? Also "if They were told" Why is the T in They capitalized? Who's pulling the Houthi's strings? So you admit Iran is their master and they're just puppets? Seriously if you CAN sink ships, then why are you shooting at them but failing?
@@User-54631lol tell that to british ship that drown in yemen 😂😂😂
Its called rooles of Engagement USA knows that houthis could fire and lounch 2000 missiles, drones and subboats at once and all the defensive on ships are over fired but yemen knows that sinking 2 aircraft carriers and 38 war ships killing 5000+ americans in minutes will be nuke back then So no side wants the other thing or to go all in They kinda decided to keep it this way
The sad part is that the majority of the Houthis are under 21
Soldiers of Almighty.
Population of yemen generally 60% are under 15
ETO PROXIE LANG ITO NG IRAN PERO GUMAGAWA NA NG PANGALAN HOUTHI ROCK & ROLLLLLL
As a US citizen, could I go and do independent piracy alongside the Houthis, but all-for-profit?
Sadly, no, it’s all part of admiralty law and how it applies to those with citizenship to a given state. They could still tie you up big time.
0:15 someone else feels like it's an AI voice?
State Department recently admitted that military option is not working on Yemenis. So diplomacy it will be.
Wait until Trump or New President takes office🤔We"ll see what State dept has to say 👀
@@Booz2020Lmaoo, you talking about the idiot that think dropping a nuclear in a storm will stop it? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Why are chaff and flares not viable for missile intercepts
Because of multi function missiles dummy and ir only works on super old missiles.
Chaff and flares are for short range personal defense, for defending 1 ship or 1 plane
@@CptPeers There are decoys that can be launcehd
@@Sam_Guevenne for defense against anti-ship missiles
The massive size of these ships compared to a single jet that may use such defenses makes the ship too large a target for it to be effective. Far too much to lock-on to. The CIWS is an awesome ship’s defense beast and VERY effective when used properly with modern radar as the last line of defense. Generally a ship will have more than one, they work in conjunctions with electronics weapons systems and radar, but are controlled by an operations specialist trained in their use. They shoot thousands of depleted uranium bullets per minute with tracers and could be very effective at simply overwhelming the missile before making direct contact! They look like a big R2D2, hence we used that nickname for the CIWS when I was in. 😊
its like listen to a farmer talking about his machines hehe
What you say about them is that you will not pay your country the price of the same Gulf countries that tasted the worst in the Yemen war and are still paying the price for their actions.
Can you explain what "nucular" is? It wasn't very nuCLEAR.
I see, so economics is why we are losing...
Please entertain us: when was a congressional declaration of war given (i.e., following the supreme law of the land--the US constitution)? That's right, it never was. The US hasn't won a war since WWII (joint victory), which was the last engagement formally declared by congress (i.e., constitutionally legal). Every conflict, war, and engagement since then has been unconstitutional and illegal. interestingly, all these have put the US on the losing side as well. Why? Money and resources. Shalom!
If the US wants to impress me - they should design an effective Air defense system, that is cheap and mass produced. Then no one would bother attacking as the current strategy is use cheap mass produced armaments, causing an immense finacial cost to counter. Repeated cheap attacks will drain the bank eventually as the home front wants more schools and hosiptals, and less spent on defending other nations.
Too cheap weapons are not conducive to US politicians to launder money.
They don’t care to impress you. They care to destroy you 😂😂 why are poorer countries with weak militaries always worried about our money??? You don’t have our resources or fire power get over it 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
do you want America to be the 2nd rated military with cheap standard mass-produced armaments or America to be the 1st rated military with expensive and high standard limit-produced armaments that can locate targets within 10 meters with proximity fuze burst fragments.
Iranian. Just call a spade a spade.
Everyone uses this footage
😂😂😂 who is usa 🇺🇸 😮 houthi and 🇺🇸 usa 😮 🇨🇳 china and 🇺🇸 usa 😮 Mad news 📰 Nuclier 😛😛😛😛😛
I think it’s Putin
Aren't they just stopping ships headed to Israel?
nop
No global shipping lanes from Europe to Asia and vice versa
No
No they even stop Indian ships
no basically they stop anything going anywhere
Oh no... if only there was a way to avoid this... sorry, god bless the military industrial complex
Okay, Mr. Nukilar. 😂
"Why are you bombing a 3rd world nation?" "Shipping prices went up" -Capitalism
What is that BS ?? When to much water, just turn off the tap.
The White Bat is inevitably up there watching too
Where did houty get that nice roket? UAE?
UAE is USA puppet
Their big daddy iran, backed by russia and china, who else?
Iran
Hollogram disco ball
🇵🇸✊🏾🇾🇪
It’s over
Can't even call terrorists what they are anymore, what has the world turned to? 😔
People in yemen dont have food to eat but they start wars... 😅
And they have defeated the Saudi collision which has billions of dollars.
@@tobiasreiper371 Saudi, another "great" army... rofl
@@tobiasreiper371I don’t think we agree on the definition of victory. By definition If your starving your losing, just slower then a bullet or bomb
Before the Israeli attack on Gaza, Houthi did not attack ships.
The Houthi is not Yemen. They are inside Yemen, but they are not part of Yemen's military or government. In fact, Yemen is against Houthi, but their national military is too weak that's why they cant make Houthi leave
All that money and tech, can’t even maintain peace around 😂
balance of power? lol
scared google not scared apple
Like those like like
المستفيد الوحيد هم تجار الاسلحة ... والخاسر الاكبر هو المواطن الامريكي
howsmthe weather in the yeamen troll factory?
us navy vs terorists on sandals…?really?
Its too bad the U.S. can't manufacture its arms in lower cost nations like India, maybe try lower cost U.S. territories to manufacture
No, we should manufacture weapons in America, but down grade said weapons. Like conventional weapons used a lot; make cheaper versions, but still develop the awesome missiles for near peer conflict
@@thomashenshallhydraxis U.S. territories is still America just lower cost of labor.
@@Law19157 so… I’m guessing you haven’t really studied US territories for manufacturing of weapons. ??? That’s a terrible idea, keep weapon manufacturing inside the USA. Jobs to Americans; weapon technology security, terrible idea to use said areas. Besides things have changed in PR and places of such. People are leaving PR just as fast as California. Mississippi and Alabama would be a great place to make weapons. Bring jobs back to America, stop sending work to other places. MAGA… Oh yeah; let’s have India make American weapons…. Or any such nation, while we at it let’s have China take it over; their kids work hard and long. 😂 Take a week; study what you said; get back to me. Microeconomics of a macro economy will have said export taxes that will make it cost the same as just making stuff in southeast. Stop using other people to do our work; that’s part of the problem.
@@thomashenshallhydraxis U.S. territories are inside the U.S.A. what are you even talking about? Certain U.S. territories are for strategic military use genius why do you think the U.S. has control of Guam?
Muhammad Tribe Ethiopia Wins This Boots on Ground Only Way Saudies hire Sudanese They can’t wind
Learn english first abullah then comment
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Americans supported the hothies and prevent them from getting destroyed. Thats what you get. Saudi and coalition forces strong 💪🇸🇦
Maybe the US should stop supplying Israel, Houthis said they would stop
Historically, appeasement doesn’t work. Plus that would quite literally be negotiating with a terror group.
We don't negotiate with terrorists
@@apolloaero😄😄😄
@@just.jose.youtube what the wrong with that?
And the Houtis and Iran will be our BFF?
Sounds like a bunch of bullies away from home trying to bully someone.
thats becuz houthi's are bullying other countrie's trade ship to show support for "Palestine"
@@debbieracheleperalta6066 They are trying to choke bab-al mandeb to put pressure on western ships whom are providing aid and weapons to Israel.
"I'm Sam Fellman A US CIA Propagandist"
Isn't this kind of info meant to be classified?
That Elnot was and he needs to take this video down for saying that classification serial number
Well done houthis
Yeah they even managed to hit an aid ship headed to very much starving Yemen.
@@Sam_Guevenne what starved yemen first place is saudi with american weapons..
Yankee go home!🔻
Jihadists go home.
ITS PRONOUNCED “NEW-CLEAR”….
Houthis are fighting for Palestinians, you can't convince me that they are bad guys😂😂😂
They are bad guys. They taking advantage of the Gaza conflict and causing mayhem with Palestine as an excuse.
So, if I disrupt your business/work you wouldn't mind, if I was supporting the "palestinians"?
Iran is defending getting intelligence
1:33 "Nucular" instead of nuclear, shows how uneducated he is.
Do you understand that these daya all that floating junk is useless. All that money you invested in fleet to attack small and weak countries is worthless now. Navy is easy target and with todays missiles, specially hypersonic which america DO NOT HAVE, are justr ready to be send to the bottom of the seas. How patetic is to compare yourselfs with Houtis..... I always remember your national anathem and words.... land of the free, and home of the braves...brave indeed
You know. Always funny. To this day not a single ship was sunk by a hypersonic missle. But cause you think speed is everything, you think its automaticly better. You can see that thing comming at you from multiple hu dress miles. And the lack of manuveribility makes them easier to shoot down. Aks the russians how they are doing against stealthy cruese missles
As a CTT in the us navy being missile intercepting is our literal job anti ship missiles ect still are not evolved past our defenses and our ship defenses develop just as fast as these missiles come out pal.
@@bcvenom_7894just curious, but if Iran sent a strike like they did to Israel, a swarm, to an aircraft carrier. Surely, the aircraft carrier groups anti missle isn’t better than the iron dome+david sling? I know the carrier groups are enormously powerful
@@user-ng6zu5bx1x Carriers are realy difficult ships to sink "Surely, the aircraft carrier groups anti missle isn’t better than the iron dome+david sling?" I think the Gerald r Ford have have the Israeli C-dome.
They are fools to mess with u.s.
Oh yeah then go and make a movie about this war and make sure u let us look good at least cuz u only do wining in the movies.
Why is the US in the middle east?
Oil \ money
This effects global trade, it’s not a regional issue at that point.
@@ashergs1237 Yes it's a global issue, but the question is why only the US with its proxies have decided to bomb Yemen as a solution. Houthis said if you want trouble free shipping stop the genocide. Is stopping the genocide more costly to the global trade?
Cia bot spotted 🤣 @@ashergs1237
The US love war for oil
🇺🇸🇮🇱💪😎
your side is losing
What is this video trying to say? You have the analyst talking but he has zero understanding. It does not matter how much a Tomahawk missile costs. Americans don't care about their own infrastructure. They don't need better roads or drinkable water at home. The only concern really is whether the supply of ammo can be replenished in time for future strikes. Did I miss the part where he describes reasons behind Houthi actions or did he skip those as most do? Last time I checked Houthis asked for Israel to stop slaughtering children in Gaza. This is not a stupid or unreasonable demand. USA, if they cared, could stop it happening in a couple of days. Just stop shipping weapons and money to Israel. It is a very simple problem if we decided to try diplomacy for a change. It is handled our usual way though, via Reaper drones.
Who says they would stop though?
@@gregoryturk1275 I don´t know that they would stop. I am just for diplomacy vs sending a message via drone strikes, which is what US does regularly.
@@xc43t They have an incentive to keep disrupting trade to get as many concessions as possible. And No leader wants to negotiate a deal like that.
Why are Us forces in the red sea?
becaus we profit from undisturbed free global trade
Propgranda
^ Loser. The State of New York spends more on their police force then the Houthi do for their entire "national" defense budget, which to be fair is all charity given to them by their masters Iran.
It's literally factual. Keep your fingers in your ears though 😂
propaganda not Propgranda.
@Metal_Fingers. You're the propgranda
@@jeanclaudejunior
US navy only braggs , but one deserve the appreciation in arab sea and that is indian navy who commits for safety here i see balance of power
😅😅😅 Indian nevy is sitting Duck..
Indian nevy is sitting Duck
The US military is not as great as the Pentagon projects. Fire power my butt, 20 years in Afghanistan and left billions of fire power behind.
WE DID IT, JOE!
You have no fundamental understanding of what conventional military power is good for. Ironically that puts you in the same boat as the architects of the Afghanistan occupation.
Those weapons were left behind for the afghan army to use against the Taliban.. they ran away like cowards. It’s on them.. and it wasn’t “billions”.. that was fake news.. You blue and red puppets just believe what you want. Both sides have you fools wrapped around their fingers.. both dems and republicans serve the same masters and you fools think you are on “the right side”.. Lemmings..
Allahu Akbar. Islam is truth. Quran is from God Almighty.
Houthi Power is Unstoppable
LOL🤣
@@Sam_Guevenne 👽Unstoppable
Viva Houthi 😂