Operation Prosperity Guardian - Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb narrows and Gulf of Aden

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Navy Lookout
Although managing to shoot down 4 Houthi drones, Danish frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt was unable to fire ESSM missiles at times while in action in the Red Sea due to integration issue with Dutch APAR radar and Danish C-FLEX Combat Management System.
76mm shells also exploded prematurely when fired.
The ship is returning home sooner than expected.
See https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Deens-f ... 20424.html

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Navy Lookout
Although managing to shoot down 4 Houthi drones, Danish frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt was unable to fire ESSM missiles at times while in action in the Red Sea due to integration issue with Dutch APAR radar and Danish C-FLEX Combat Management System.
76mm shells also exploded prematurely when fired.
The ship is returning home sooner than expected.
See https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Deens-f ... 20424.html

Navy Lookout
Footage from HDMS Iver Huitfeldt operations room during shoot-down of Houthi aerial attack drones in the Red Sea.
https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 4984133873

Sir Humphrey
A timely reminder that buying equipment is easy, fully integrating it is time comsuming, expensive and takes a lot longer than 'just buying off the shelf' - making all the bits work together is the hard part.

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See contents of link towards the end of it.
Navy Lookout
Putin’s hypersonic ‘Zircon’ super-weapon has now seen combat. As a specialist, I’m not impressed
By TomSharpe134
http://archive.today/ZErHr

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U.S. Central Command

April 3 Red Sea Update

Between approximately 3:49 to 10:00 a.m. (Sanaa time) on April 3, USS Gravely (DDG 107) and United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed one inbound anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) and two unmanned aerial systems (UAS) launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists from Yemen towards USS Gravely in the Red Sea.

There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships.

Additionally, during this timeframe CENTCOM forces destroyed a mobile surface-to-air missile system in Houthi controlled territory.

It was determined these systems presented a threat to U.S. and coalition forces and merchant vessels in the region.

U.S. Central Command is dedicated to protecting the freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for Coalition and merchant vessels.

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Navy Lookout
Alongside in Djibouti, German frigate FGS Hessen replenished Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) (quad-packed into Mk41 VLS cells) and ammunition after shooting down Houthi drones in the Red Sea.
A complicated procedure involving munitions flown out from Germany.
See https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/einsaetze- ... es-5767436
And https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/einsaetze- ... or-aspides

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U.S. Central Command

April 4 Red Sea Update

At approximately 2:20 p.m. (Sanaa time) on April 4, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed one anti-ship missile (ASM) in a Houthi-controlled territory of Yemen. There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships.

It was determined that the missile presented a threat to U.S. and coalition forces and merchant vessels in the region. CENTCOM is dedicated to protecting the freedom of navigation and making international waters safer and more secure for Coalition and merchant vessels.

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Ian Ellis
Iranian spy ship & forward base, M/V BEHSHAD, has been running dark on AIS for 48+ hours. BEHSHAD also disappeared in early February prior to retaliatory U.S strikes—& soon after was the target of a U.S. cyberattack.
John explains: “The Behshad’s departure from its normal areas of operation is significant. In the past, Iran has taken the Behshad off-station to mitigate the risk of U.S. & Israeli retaliation against the vessel as a response to past Iranian strike.”
According to information from naval watchdog MT Anderson, the Iranian spy ship, the Behshad, known for providing targeting information to the Houthis, dropped off AIS tracking roughly 48 hours ago. The ship has not been located using open source methods in the local region east of Djibouti. An area designated by observers as her normal areas of operation.

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Navy Lookout
After a couple of weeks of reduced Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, CENTCOM reports that today coalition forces shot down a UAV and an anti-ship missile as well as destroying a missile launch site in Yemen.

U.S. Central Command
April 6 Red Sea Update
Between approximately 10:00a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (Sanaa time) on April 6, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed one mobile surface-to air missile system in Houthi controlled territory of Yemen. CENTCOM forces also shot down one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the Red Sea.
Additionally, at approximately 6:00 p.m. (Sanaa time), a Coalition vessel detected and successfully engaged and destroyed one inbound anti-ship missile.
There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships.
It was determined that these systems presented a threat to U.S. and coalition forces and merchant vessels in the region. CENTCOM is dedicated to protecting the freedom of navigation and making international waters safer and more secure for Coalition and merchant vessels.

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Navy Lookout
USS Dwight D Eisenhower's deployment in the Red Sea has been further extended.
Likley she will have been away 9 months by time she comes home.
CENTCOM says yesterday US forces destroyed an air defense system with 2 missiles ready to launch & a ground control station in Yemen. Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles launched at M/V Hope Island and escorting coalition warships failed to hit anything.


U.S. Central Command
April 8 Red Sea Update
Between approximately 12:15 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. (Sanaa time) on April 8, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed an air defense system with two missiles ready to launch, a ground control station in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, and one unmanned aerial system launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists from Yemen over the Red Sea. There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships.
Separately, at approximately 8:00 a.m. (Sanaa time) on April 7, an anti-ship ballistic missile was launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen toward the Gulf of Aden where a coalition ship was escorting M/V Hope Island, a Marshall Islands Flagged, U.K. owned, Italian operated cargo ship. There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships.
This was the fifth observed missile launch against this coalition ship and M/V Hope Island.
USCENTCOM is dedicated to protecting the freedom of navigation and making international waters safer and more secure for coalition and merchant vessels.

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OSINTdefender
Tonight a Sa'ar 6-Class Corvette of the Israeli Navy believed to possibly be the INS Magen, conducted the First Successful Combat Interceptions of its “C-Dome” Surface-to-Air Missile System over the Northern Red Sea near the City of Eilat; the C-Dome, which is a Ship mounted Version of the Israeli Iron Dome System launched 2 Missiles following the Detection of at least 1 Unknown Aerial Target which had entered Israeli Airspace from the East, likely launched by the Islamic Resistance of Iraq, and was heading towards the City.