HMS Diamond crew prepare the ship for potential attacks by Houthi rebels CREDIT: Chris Sellars/Royal Navy
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The UK is considering strikes on the Houthis in Yemen after they launched their “largest attack” targeting British and American warships in the Red Sea.
On Tuesday night, the destroyer HMS Diamond and US warships downed 21 drones and missiles launched by the Iran-backed rebels.
The British vessel’s Sea Viper missiles and guns were used to destroy a flurry of Iranian-produced drones that were heading for the warship and commercial vessels.
The Telegraph understands British forces are considering different options as to how to respond to the “escalation”.
The Houthis have claimed their attacks on shipping are a response to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary, on Wednesday hinted at retaliatory action to the Houthis’ “largest” attack in the key global shipping route.
He said the UK’s partners in the region agreed that the Houthis’ behaviour “cannot continue and we won’t allow it to”.
“Watch this space,” he added.
When asked if Washington was considering retaliatory strikes, a US defence official said “the commander is always looking at those options”.
“That’s not saying it will or won’t happen, but his job is to provide different operational aspects and recommend actions for the secretary of defence to make that decision,” the official said.
Another source familiar with the situation went further, and said: “It’s definitely a possibility”.
“The quantity and methods of how they conducted these attacks is very different to previous attacks,” they said.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said the Houthis had launched “a complex attack of Iranian-designed one-way attack UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles]”, as well as firing anti-ship cruise missiles and an anti-ship ballistic missile from areas of Yemen it controls.
The weapons were downed by a combination of F/A-18 warplanes operating from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, three American destroyers and the British naval vessel, Centcom said.
No injuries or damage were sustained by either the US or UK forces in the attack, thought to be the 26th of its kind in the region since mid-November.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman told reporters on Wednesday: “I am not going to speculate about how we will or will not respond to continued attacks.”
“We do reserve the right to take further steps to protect commercial shipping and avoid the risk of further destabilising the region. That is something we will keep under review.”
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, speaking in Bahrain, renewed warnings of a response.
“I’m not going to telegraph or preview anything that might happen. All I can tell you again, we’ve made clear – we’ve been clear with more than 20 other countries – that if this continues, as it did yesterday, there will be consequences. And I’m going to leave it at that,” he said.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_United_Services_Institute
he Royal United Services Institute (RUSI, Rusi) is a defence and security think tank headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley.[2][3]
The institution was registered as Royal United Service Institute for Defence and Security Studies and formerly known as the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies. The current president of RUSI is the Duke of Kent and its Director-General is Karin von Hippel.[4][5]
History[edit]
RUSI was founded in 1831, making it the oldest defence and security think tank in the world, at the initiative of the Duke of Wellington. Its original objective was to study naval and military science.
The Duke of Wellington spearheaded the establishment of RUSI in a letter to Colbourn’s United Service Journal arguing that “a United Service Museum” should be formed, managed entirely by naval and military officers, and under patronage of the monarch, then King George IV, and the commanders-in-chief of the armed forces. Such an institution would prove that the two professions have entered the lists of science, and are ready to contend for honours tam Artibus quam Armis (‘as much through the arts as through weapons’).[2]
Subsequently, Commander Henry Downes, Royal Navy, assembled a group with a view to forming a committee for action, to which King George’s First ADC was commanded to convey “His Majesty’s gracious and high approbation of the undertaking and of the principles on which it is proposed to conduct it”, which were stated to be suitable for “a strictly scientific and professional society, and not a club”. The death of the King delayed matters, but the Duke of Clarence expressed his readiness to become a patron so, encouraged by the powerful support of the Duke of Wellington, the First Aide-de-camp, Sir Herbert Taylor, re-submitted the project to William IV (the former Duke of Clarence), and was able to assure the committee that “it could proceed under his Majesty’s gracious auspices”.[citation needed]
On 25 June 1831 the committee met. The chair was taken by Major General Sir Howard Douglas, in his person a symbol of the “United Service”: a soldier who was the leading expert on naval gunnery. The resolution that the institution be established was put by the future Field Marshal Viscount Hardinge and seconded by the future Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, the famous hydrographer. The first name adopted was the Naval and Military Museum: this was altered in 1839 to the United Service Institution, and in 1860 to the Royal United Service Institution by a royal charter of incorporation.[6] In 2004 the name was changed to the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Fellows of RUSI may use the five-letter post-nominal abbreviation, FRUSI.[citation needed]
Premises[edit]
Prior to moving into its current purpose-built headquarters in 1895, RUSI began its existence in Whitehall Court, then moved to a house in what was then known as Middle Scotland Yard in 1832. Queen Victoria granted RUSI the use of the Banqueting House, in Whitehall, Westminster. It finally moved to its current location next door to the Banqueting House in 1895.[2] In March 2022, RUSI announced that it had successfully secured “£10 million for the redevelopment of our 61 Whitehall home, to which we will return in 2023”.[7]
As of the end of March 2022, RUSI has 111 employees in the UK, up from 78 the year prior.[7]
ARLINGTON, Va. – Fleet Forces Command is working on a new plan to take a peacetime naval force and develop a construct for a U.S. Navy at war.
Speaking at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium on Tuesday, Adm. Darryl Caudle outlined the start of a new framework for high-end conflict.
“The sea has once again emerged as a primary focal point for peer competition,” Caudle said in his speech.
Fleet Forces have been tasked with crafting the Global Maritime Response Plan for the Navy to fight in high-end conflict, he told reporters on Tuesday before his speech at SNA.
For more than 20 years, the Navy has been largely locked into variations of the current Optimized Fleet Response Plan – the 36-month-long cycle the service uses to train-up its large formations for deployment and maintenance after they come home.
But, according to Caudle, OFRP is a peacetime plan not suited for world-wide conflict and a different structure is needed. The new Global Maritime Response Plan is a break-glass-in-case-of-war plan to surge available forces.
US Navy and UK Royal Navy shoot down 18 Houthi drones and 3 missiles
LUIS MARTINEZ
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM PST·1 min read
The U.S. Navy and the U.K.’s Royal Navy foiled a major Houthi attack Tuesday night in the Red Sea, shooting down 18 one-way drones and three missiles targeting commercial ships.
The incident began at around 9:15 p.m. local time when the Houthis launched “Iranian-designed one-way attack” drones, “anti-ship cruise missiles, and an anti-ship ballistic missile,” Centcom said in a post on X. According to Centcom, the weapons were launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
The Houthi missiles and drones were targeting an area where dozens of merchant vessels were transiting, Centcom said Tuesday night.
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