US Navy Fleet Commander admits their failure to halt Yemeni operations supporting Gaza during a year

The commander of an American naval fleet has admitted the intensity and effectiveness of Yemeni operations targeting ships linked to the “Israeli” occupation entity, in support of Gaza over more than a year, stating: “Since those ten fateful hours a year ago, the Red Sea has become a stage for the longest direct and deliberate attacks at sea, indicating that this is the fleet’s biggest confrontation since World War II.”

Translation – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:

Admiral Daryl Caudle, commander of the US fleet, stated in a statement to “Navy Times” that the Yemeni attacks have caused “the Navy’s aircraft carriers to operate intensively, with some being sent to the region while other ships were not ready to go, raising readiness concerns in some quarters.”

In the same context, James Holmes, a retired naval artillery officer and professor of naval strategy at the Naval War College, said, “The Navy has so far been unable to prevent the Houthis from attacking commercial ships passing through the vital economic waterway, the Red Sea.”

He noted that “the failed part of the mission is that it has failed to achieve its strategic goal, which is to allow commercial shipping through the Gulf of Aden, the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, and the Red Sea to resume without any harassment,” as Holmes told “Navy Times.”

Regarding American tactics for confronting Yemeni aircraft, Brian Clark, a retired submarine officer and analyst at the Hudson Institute, said, “The Navy has, in some cases, used carrier-based fighter aircraft to shoot down Houthi drones and missiles, which is a costly and ineffective approach.”