There are claims floating around that Hezbollah managed to destroy an Iron Dome launcher
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and other Related Conflicts in the Middle East (read the rules in the first post)
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this war is about to get real interesting, apparently carl vinson is also moving from singapore towards the ME. i am guessing to take over the vacuum in the persian gulf. cant find the x link for that report but hopefully someone can post it. so we are talking hezbollah in the north and houthis in the south both about to be engaged.
Still sceptical about an all out war conducted by Hezbollah tbh, Iran has been quite careful this time around
Currently the red sea is brimming with military vessels, even China has 2 type 54As in the AO. So in the case that a convoy solution is reached, will PLAN join to protect Chinese flagged cargo ships? It does not really seem that Houthis is being particularly discriminate in terms of targeting so far.
China does have stake in this, as Asia European sea trade is getting majorly disrupted with ships beginning to route around Africa instead of Suez.
China does have stake in this, as Asia European sea trade is getting majorly disrupted with ships beginning to route around Africa instead of Suez.
To be honest, I really don't think the Chinese government will wipe this ass for western governments.
Ships owned by Chinese companies are not really affected in this sea, after all the Houthis are not crazy enough to fire on their biggest supplier of weapons components.
And despite China's support for Saudi Arabia and UAE's invasion of Yemen (155 guided artillery shells, drones and supporting ammo, and others), they have remained friendly to China.
If you want to talk about the previous Houthi shooting at a Hong Kong-flagged ship, but it was actually a Western company registered in Hong Kong.
In fact, the Maersk Group ships were involved in a Maritime Security Program (MSP) set up by the US government and US was obliged to send warships to protect them (and obviously failed), while China had no obligation to do so.
Circumnavigating the Cape of Good Hope is not considered 100% bad for either the shipping companies or China. At a time when demand for shipping is declining, rounding the Cape of Good Hope will help shipping companies increase freight rates, while China can further promote its overland China-Europe liner.
"October 7th was a Second Holocaust"
Kind of speechless, I guess this is to be expected with their UN reps wearing yellow stars like they just survived gas chambers, but i'm still somewhat amazed by the utter absence of shame or guilt in Zionists these days.
To paraphrase Eve Online players: best ship for merchant fleet escort is friendship.
The Irony is just outstanding. That fact the countries that always point their fingers to others when come to "democracy" and "human rights" made it even funnier, pathetic and sad.