Yemen 2016 onwards: an intractable war?

[OUTLAW 09]

Third attempt by the Houthi's firing missiles to hit USS Mason.....she dodged them with countermeasures...all missed......

US admiral says multiple cruise missiles have been fired again at American warship near Yemen.
http://apne.ws/2eaMea3

NOT saying the Obama/Rhodes/Kerry WH AND DoD are trying to cover up anything but this initial PR sure walks, talks and smells like a cover up....

Pentagon now reviewing USS Mason incident data from today. Not clear if fired on again by Yemen rebels or a ship radar anomaly.

IF in fact a radar "anomaly" then the billions spent on defense contractors for missile defense systems WAS literally a waste of money...I have been inside a major missile defense war game in the ME where radars play a big role and inside that war game radar anomalies were accounted for and accepted as "REAL".....because one only has seconds to decide and fire or place deflection measures in place....

[OUTLAW 09]

Third attempt by the Houthi's firing missiles to hit USS Mason.....she dodged them with countermeasures...all missed......

US admiral says multiple cruise missiles have been fired again at American warship near Yemen.
http://apne.ws/2eaMea3

NOT saying the Obama/Rhodes/Kerry WH AND DoD are trying to cover up anything but this initial PR sure walks, talks and smells like a cover up....

Pentagon now reviewing USS Mason incident data from today. Not clear if fired on again by Yemen rebels or a ship radar anomaly.

IF in fact a radar "anomaly" then the billions spent on defense contractors for missile defense systems WAS literally a waste of money...I have been inside a major missile defense war game in the ME where radars play a big role and inside that war game radar anomalies were accounted for and accepted as "REAL".....because one only has seconds to decide and fire or place deflection measures in place....

DEFCONWarningSystem @DEFCONWS
Multiple surface-to-surface missiles fired at @USNavy ships. Missiles were fired at the other two ships in squadron
https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/787449368282537984#
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[CrowBat]

This is just getting better and better:

Yemen's Houthi rebels 'receiving Egyptian military hardware'

Houthi rebels have received a dozen advanced military boats and other supplies from Egypt, a senior Yemeni official has told The New Arab.

The official who works directly with the Houthis and their allies on Yemen's western coast alleges that the Egyptian navy delivered the hardware to the rebels in the past two months.

The anonymous official said that the boats were supplied by the Egyptian navy and to the commander of a military base in western Hodeida province#through an associate of#former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The transaction took place on an island off the coast of al-Luhayyah, in northern Hodeida province, the official told The New Arab.
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The official claims that despite Egypt's government having close ties with Saudi Arabia, Cairo also established good relations with the Yemeni rebels after the start of the Saudi-led military intervention in the country.

Egypt is officially part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, but has been severely criticised by its Gulf Arab allies for failing to commit ground troops to the operation.

More recently, Egypt broke ranks with its Gulf allies when it#voted#in favour of a Russian-drafted UN Security Council resolution on Syria strongly opposed by Riyadh.

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Now lean back, take a deep breath, and think about this: EAF F-16s are flying air strikes over Yemen as part of the Saudi-coalition, which depends on ground troops considering of Salafists and even some Wahhabists - and are fighting Houthi/Saleh coalition equipped with Egyptian-delivered boats and other stuff.

Somebody please remind me: in what kind of 'higher national interests' is that...?

[Dishonesty]

One remarkable aspect "Missiles alley" is ALL Missile detect DDG-87 Mason but not DDG-94 Nitze.
They are both DDG-51 class Flight IIA
Is here is any difference between the ships?

Yes and very BIG!

USS Mason have AEGIS Radar SPY-1D,old variant for Blue Water warfare.

But USS Nitze have already Radar SPY-1D(V),new variant with GREATLY Improved LITTORAL Capabilities-Improved Clutter rejection,additional MTI Waveform and increase transmitter power etc.

Think about it.

[davidbfpo]

Not sure of this video's accuracy, but it has been used by The Daily Telegraph today and alleges the funeral in Sanaa was "double tapped":http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...ructure%3Anews

I did notice the footage does not show any casualties, let alone uniformed guests.

[OUTLAW 09]

Iran smuggling weapons to Houthis on land route through Oman-Yemen border to bypass GCC naval blockade and CTF-150 patrols:http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-iran-idUSKCN12K0CX?

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