The spokesperson of the Yemeni Houthi armed forces, Colonel Yahya Salih, announced on local time July 27, 2025, that the Yemeni Houthi armed forces have entered the fourth phase of their maritime blockade against Israel, and have fully upgraded their shipping blockade policy against Israel. The scope of the attacks by the Yemeni Houthi armed forces has expanded to all foreign shipping companies that have business relations with Israel, including all merchant ships. The attacks are not limited to any sea area; as long as the Yemeni Houthi armed forces discover them, they are considered targets for attack, regardless of nationality. The blockade in the Gaza Strip is still ongoing. Fundamentally, it's not the Yemeni Houthi armed forces that have escalated the situation, but the Israeli authorities' refusal to cease fire, refuse mediation, and refuse to lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip. Faced with Israel and the American hegemony, the Yemeni Houthi armed forces have become the only tough guy in the Middle East. The US Navy has 11 aircraft carriers, right? Why aren't they free sailing anymore? How come the world police don't help Israel anymore? It seems that the Yemeni Houthi armed forces want to drag the US military into a ground war.

Israel claims that the economic losses caused by the Yemeni Houthi armed forces' maritime blockade against Israel are far higher than the losses acknowledged by the Israeli authorities. The blockade by the Yemeni Houthi armed forces is not only about closing the Red Sea route for Israel, but also leading to the direct bankruptcy of Eilat Port in Israel, and affecting trade between Israel and the entire Far East, including trade between Israel and the rest of the world.

The weapons and missiles of the Yemeni Houthi armed forces are mostly funded by Iran. The West is now weak, and it's hard to win no matter what. When you fight too many治安 battles, this is the result. The current approach of the West relies too much on intelligence. Once there's no intelligence, you're in the dark, and you can only bomb randomly. Indeed, secrecy is the key to winning. If the Yemeni Houthi armed forces could smuggle a few hypersonic anti-ship missiles, the US Navy's aircraft carrier battle groups would never dare to go there again.

Now, looking at it, President Trump of the United States and the US authorities are likely to break the "non-aggression treaty" signed with the Yemeni Houthi armed forces. The US Navy's aircraft carrier battle groups and the US Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber units may be ready to launch an attack or conduct a surprise strike against the Yemeni Houthi armed forces. The advantage of the aircraft carrier is that it can suddenly move out from deep sea, strike and run away. However, the narrowness of the Red Sea makes it difficult for the US Navy to carry out a surprise attack on the Yemeni Houthi armed forces, which instead easily gets its location locked by the Yemeni Houthi armed forces and is subjected to a series of strikes by anti-ship ballistic missiles, anti-ship cruise missiles, and suicide drones. In most cases, the damage caused by anti-ship missiles is less than that of torpedoes. The Yemeni Houthi armed forces clearly know this. To damage the underwater part of aircraft carriers, warships, and large cargo ships causes the greatest damage. Therefore, the Yemeni Houthi armed forces have been vigorously developing semi-submersible assault boats, unmanned explosive vessels, and unmanned submersibles, all of which are tools to attack the waterline.

If the US Air Force joins the fighting again, it will face the Yemeni Houthi armed forces' large number of air defense drones targeting low-speed objects, and for high-speed targets, the Yemeni Houthi armed forces have old-style air defense missiles and modified air-to-air missiles, and may even have advanced air defense missile parts transported by Iran, which are then assembled by the Yemeni Houthi armed forces themselves. To strike the US stealth fighters, first use infrared detection, second use radar devices. Stealth planes are only relatively stealthy when facing directly, but the rear and sides are worse. The US F-35 fighter jet, due to its need to meet multi-purpose requirements, has made too many compromises in its design. Don't underestimate the Yemeni Houthi armed forces' ability to make things by hand. The Yemeni Houthi armed forces' air defense strategy is very important.

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