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Preface
A missile from the Houthis rained down from the sky and hit the Filipino crew.
Who would have thought that this Houthis have just been working against the United States, and now they are fighting against the Philippines.
Just a few days ago, the Houthis attacked a cargo ship, attacking 22 Filipino crew members on board, and one was missing.
The Philippines was furious when it learned the news, declaring: "All necessary measures will be taken." ”
The Houthis have not responded at all to threats from the Philippines.
What will the Philippines do next?
In the event of a war between the two sides, who will benefit from it?
Filipino crew was attacked
Today's international situation is grim enough, but I didn't expect the Houthis to be on the same page with the Philippines again.
Recently, Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a cargo ship called "MV Tutor", which was flown under the Liberian flag and owned by Greece.
But there were several Filipino crew members on board, and one of the Filipino crew members was missing after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
According to the U.S. Central Command, the cargo ship, named "MV Tutor", was attacked by Houthi armed unmanned surface boats and "unidentified aerial launches", resulting in water and serious damage to the cabin.
Subsequently, the Philippines also confirmed this information, and the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the Houthi attack.
And also said: "The Philippine government will take all necessary measures to ensure the safety and well-being of the Filipino crew on board and to ensure justice." ”
It is not difficult to see that the Philippines is clearly going to fight against the Houthis this time.
However, such a thing does not seem to have reached the point of an exchange of fire between the two sides, so why is the Philippine side so insistent on asking the Houthis for an explanation?
So far, the Houthis have not admitted that they did it, or that they did not do it.
The so-called "Houthi attack on a Greek cargo ship" is now just a one-sided word from the United States, and the Houthis have not made a clear response.
The reason why it is uncertain that the Houthis were responsible for the attack is that the attack on the cargo ship "MV Tutor" was an "unmanned boat" and an unidentified projectile in the air.
The attack was launched at the same time at sea and in the air, and the coordination was seamless, and the attack on the cargo ship was completed almost instantly.
As a result, the cargo ship "MV Tutor" was flooded and the cabin was seriously damaged.
The crew has long since abandoned the ship and run away, and the ship is still beautiful on the Red Sea, becoming a large "unmanned ship".
And this unmanned boat is the most popular combat speedboat at the moment.
According to the standards of the U.S. military, older unmanned boats are mainly divided into "medium-sized unmanned boats with a length of 45 inches ~ 150 inches and a full load displacement of about 500 tons", "large unmanned boats with a length of 200 ~ 300 feet and a full load displacement of 1000 tons ~ 2000 tons", and "ultra-large unmanned underwater vehicles are the size of subway cars and are mainly used for deploying mines in the deep sea".
The reason why the United States believes that the attack was carried out by the Houthis is because the place where the cargo ship "MV Tutor" was attacked is only 126 kilometers away from the Houthi-controlled area.
That's why the U.S. believes that the attack is the Houthis, but that's just one side of the story.
There are now countless countries that have unmanned boats, and the Houthis have never used any "remote-controlled long-range water explosives" or "unmanned surface vehicles carrying explosives" before.
Therefore, the one-sided rhetoric of the United States today is not convincing.
And why is the United States so sure, why is this, is there something else?
The reason why the United States is so sure
Today's Middle East is still very turbulent, and for a long time, after the conflict between the Houthis and Israel, they never gave up on Israel's allies and vowed to cut off Israel's maritime ties with the outside world.
Therefore, the cargo ship "MV Tutor" was attacked only 126 kilometers from the territory controlled by the Houthis, and the Houthis were inevitably the biggest suspects.
It was precisely the case that several Filipino crew members appeared on board, and now the Philippine side is shouting that the Houthis will pay the price.
However, the current maritime military strength of the Philippines may not reach the point of going head-to-head with the Houthis, so it is very likely that the Philippines is just "making a statement" this time.
As soon as such a thing happened, the United States quickly jumped out and stated that it was the Houthis who did it.
At the beginning, the Houthis hit the US aircraft carrier in an uproar.
The Houthis claimed that the missile hit the American aircraft carrier, and the United States repeatedly proved that the aircraft carrier was intact.
However, this has led to a "dilemma" for US aircraft carriers in the Red Sea, because there are only two exits in the Red Sea.
On one side is the Houthi armed forces who are ready to attack, and if they leave from the side of the Houthi forces, they will inevitably be attacked by the Houthi forces.
But the other exit, although there is no army ready to go, there are many reporters who set up cameras to film whether the US aircraft carrier is damaged.
In other words, the American aircraft carrier was frightened in the face of the Houthis and chose to "flee" from here.
This incident has made the United States deflated, and the character of the United States will naturally not swallow this breath.
But with the Philippines' maritime military power, what can they do to fight back?
Global Network2024.06.15 "Foreign media: Cargo ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels was abandoned, and the Philippines and U.S. military spoke out"
Red Star News2024.06.15 "Houthi attack! Philippines: All necessary measures will be taken》
Maritime military power of the Philippines
The Philippines has a soft spot for "old ships", and when you see Philippine ships, they are all old-fashioned.
For example, in 2001, the main force of the Philippine maritime military force was the three "Peacock-class" patrol ships that the British did not want.
By 2011, ten years later, the Philippines' own technology has not improved at all, and it still uses something that other countries do not want, that is, the "Hamilton" patrol ship that has been decommissioned by the United States.
Then the Philippines picked up the South Korean corvette, which has a lot of origins, and the frigate is equipped with anti-ship missiles!
But no one expected that when South Korea sold it to the Philippines, it turned out to be a simplified version, and the anti-ship missiles were dismantled!
It was only in 2020 that the Philippines bought frigates with missiles from South Korea.
This is the use of this year, and in this year's "shoulder-to-shoulder" exercise, the Philippines dispatched the frigate purchased from South Korea.
The maximum range of missiles is only 180 km!
This is compared with the military strength of the Houthis, which is simply a small thing, how to fight.
For the Philippines, it is still a little more practical to "invite foreign aid".
Jimu News 2024.06.03 "Houthis say they attacked US aircraft carriers twice in 24 hours, experts: it is difficult to effectively strike"
Resources:
Global Network2024.06.15 "Foreign media: Cargo ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels was abandoned, and the Philippines and U.S. military spoke out"
Red Star News2024.06.15 "Houthi attack! Philippines: All necessary measures will be taken》
Jimu News 2024.06.03 "Houthis say they attacked US aircraft carriers twice in 24 hours, experts: it is difficult to effectively strike"
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