Yemen's Houthi Rebels are Already Rearming

F-35’s close call over Yemen raises questions about how it's used

Houthi rebels in Yemen fired on a U.S. military F-35 during recent operations, and the missile came close enough to the aircraft for the pilot to take evasive action, a U.S. official confirmed to Task & Purpose. The incident was first reported in the New York Times as part of a story about why President Donald Trump decided to end air and missile strikes against the Houthis earlier this month.  No further information was immediately available ab…

Yemen's Houthi Rebels are Already Rearming

A video released by Yemen’s National Resistance Forces (NRF) on May 10 shows an at-sea interdiction of bomb-making material destined for Yemen's Houthi terrorist group. The components seized suggest that the equipment was to be used to build remotely-detonated bombs, including boat bombs of the type used to attack merchant shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The timing of the interdiction was not disclosed, but the video was published days…

Bombing a Stop Gap, Regime Change a Must

Houthi fighters rally against the United States and the United Kingdom after strikes in Sana’a, Yemen, Jan. 14, 2024. (Photo credit: Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons via JNS) Joseph Puder The Houthis in Yemen crossed the red line last week, as far as Israel is concerned. They targeted Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport with a ballistic missile that caused a crater near the entrance to the airport. As the Houthis touted their major “…

During the first month of bombings against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the defense of the United States (US) has spent more than $1 billion, with two aircraft carriers, bombers, fighter aircraft and anti-missile systems. A work by The New York Times (NYT) revealed that the deployment of weapons is of such magnitude, that some Pentagon planners are concerned about their reservations in case their country has to “intervene” in a supposed Chinese a…

In the event of attacks against the Houthis in Yemen, US fighter jets could only barely escape several times from the air defense of the militia. The targets contributed to the premature end of the military action. The rebels were apparently grossly supported. (Continue reading)

The New York Times reported that Trump demanded to see results from the military operation in Yemen within 30 days of its launch in mid-March. But the US military failed to achieve air superiority over the Houthis, its drones were shot down, its ships came under fire, and the cost of the operation reached $1 billion in just its first month - and the president ran out of patience.