Military Update: Yemen, Russia, China

That looks pretty comprehensive, doesn’t it? But we’re going to narrow our focus a bit.

First, more evidence that the USS Ike really was either hit by a Houthi airborne device or that something happened that was way too close for comfort comes from the caution with which USS Teddy (Roosevelt) is approaching—or not approaching—Yemeni waters.

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 US intelligence agencies are warning that Russia could arm Yemen with advanced anti-ship missiles in retaliation for the Biden administration's support of Ukrainian strikes in Russia with American weapons.

The new data comes as the top U.S. commander in the Middle East recently advised Lloyd Austin in a classified letter that military operations in the region are "failing" to deter Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and that a broader approach is needed, according to U.S. officials.

The White House has launched a classified push to try to prevent Moscow from supplying missiles to the Houthis, who have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for eight months in solidarity with the Palestinians.

Diplomatic efforts to prevent Moscow from transferring missiles to Yemen include using a third country (Azbury: KSA) to try to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin not to join Iran in supplying arms to the Houthis, according to US officials, who declined to identify the country.

Think about that for a moment. What could possibly go wrong for KSA in that scenario—angering Russia, Iran, and most of the Middle East? To be a dutiful tool of the Anglo-Zionist Empire?

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4:13 PM · Jul 19, 2024

That would explain this:

MenchOsint @MenchOsint

The US Aircraft Carrier is so frightened by the Yemenis that it didn't even approach the Gulf of Aden... and i am weighing my words here.

12:02 AM · Jul 20, 2024

So what are the Anglo-Zionists doing to encourage Russia to give us a break?

MenchOsint @MenchOsint

 US Army 2 x CL60 ARTEMIS working along Moldova Border (These secret BRIO68/BRIO66 are said to be long distance range detection aircraft, covering as far as Crimea)

 US Navy EP-3E Aries II Orion Maritime Patrol ISR Aircraft (QW52 | reg 161410)

3:21 AM · Jul 20, 2024

A bit more infor re that platform:

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A prototype spy plane is tracking Russian force movements for the US Army

ARTEMIS “has both electronic collection and ground scanning radar so it could for example see the movement of tanks in real time, and collect RF [radio frequency] signals emitted by adversaries,” said Tom Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation. “Its sensors can go hundreds of miles out, so with the route it is flying it can see well into Belarus, Kaliningrad, and perhaps even into the Donbas region."

To be clear, the US has had these planes operating in the region since 2022—at least. However, it’s possible that the activity has become more intense following the Russian establishment of a no-fly zone over the Black Sea. The more intense use of these planes would not be a conciliatory gesture designed to persuade the Russians to cut us any slack elsewhere in the world.

Meanwhile:

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China PLA Air Force Xian Y-20 Heavy Transport Plane (reg. 20241) landing in Baranovichy Air Base, Belarus 

Chinese and Belarusian troops have simulated the capture of an airport this week in an exercise near NATO borders.

12:53 AM · Jul 20, 2024

Actually, as you can see from the map, the exercise in airport capture took place about as far from NATO borders as possible while still being in Belarus—the better to evade spying eyes and ears nearer the border. Nevertheless, its’ the kind of thing that should cause military planners in Poland and Romania to ask themselves: Why didn’t we consider what could happen if Russia wins the war, before diving in? What next? After all, it’s not as if the Chinese and Belarus militaries are looking in any direction except westward,.