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This is related to the Gaza/Hamas drama, and to Iran, but it's different.

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Huge military buildup in the Red Sea! The 6 largest oil shipping companies in the world have stopped their work in the Red Sea due to the ongoing attacks by the Houthis.

There is now a large amount of warships from various Western countries in the Red Sea area, including the USA, Great Britain, Japan, South Korea and others.

A military operation by the coalition is expected to be announced in the coming days

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Holy shit, this takes me back.   I wrote the CONOPS for escort operations in the BAM back in ‘03 with the Nimitz Strike Group.  The Commodore put his name on it, but I wrote it.  We decided that

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Yemen wants to ramp things up:

— A report in the Emirati newspaper "Al Ain": AnsarAllah Yemen will also use explosive-laden boats, in addition to missiles & drones, in their attacks against ships [intended for israel] in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The article also states that Yemeni specialized experts are tweaking & finishing the uncompleted technical equipment necessary to use anti-ship ballistic missiles more effectively and reducing its inaccuracies.

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

This is related to the Gaza/Hamas drama, and to Iran, but it's different.

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Huge military buildup in the Red Sea! The 6 largest oil shipping companies in the world have stopped their work in the Red Sea due to the ongoing attacks by the Houthis.

There is now a large amount of warships from various Western countries in the Red Sea area, including the USA, Great Britain, Japan, South Korea and others.

A military operation by the coalition is expected to be announced in the coming days

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Holy shit, this takes me back.  

I wrote the CONOPS for escort operations in the BAM back in ‘03 with the Nimitz Strike Group.  The Commodore put his name on it, but I wrote it.  We decided that we needed to be running the same plays in the BAM that we ran in SOH.  Coming up with code names for checkpoints was pretty fun.

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I did ballistic missile defense patrols on a DDG in the Northern Arabian Gulf in the first half of ‘09.  Then in late ‘09 - ‘10 I was at the Pentagon writing the multi-national CONOPS for maritime anti-ballistic missile defense.   
 

Three years after that, I was in Jebel Ali and the Commodore tasked my command with running small craft escorts for the full length of the Red Sea.  We wrote that CONOPS from scratch, except this time I put my name on the LT’s work.  Not so fun fact - My command was the same one that had the guys get nabbed by the Iranians off of Farsi Island (happened during my successor’s tour in command).  Was pretty fucking surreal to see guys I know in Iranian propaganda films in the media.  
 

All this to say that we know what the fuck we are doing here, and this is going to be hilarious if the Houthi actually try anything. 

This mission:

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Yep.  Glorified regional power.  Though they are formidable in their region.  


Semi off topic, but I bet you know (or know who he is) the best CO I ever served under. Was a full bird at the time, and ended up with a few stars.

I’d love to have another beer with him. 

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3 hours ago, Bevo said:

Would we really want the Chinese Navy there?

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

Doubt they could make it.

They might show up, but then an hour later it'd be nothing but empty stomach seas and we'd be asking for more.

I wonder if it actually irks Xi a little bit, that when shit goes down like this, nobody bothers with asking the Chinese to actually help.  Everybody just assumes they can't do anything.

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This guy seems to be a solid follow, but he covers a very large area, so the Operation Prosperity stuff is just a part of his report.

 

19DEC2023 correctional updated map of warships operating in Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea.

Corrections:

Per Indian Navy INS Kochi (D-64) is following MV Ruen not INS Mormugao (D-67)

FS Champlain (A-623) and FS Floreal Class Frigate are operating in Indian Ocean.

INS Mormugao (D-67) has returned home and removed from the map

Updates:

One of the 18 sailors on board the hijacked MV Ruen a sailor from was injured and needing medical aid. INS Kochi (D-64) was able to negotiate his release and a group of Marine Commandos where allowed to board the hijacked ship and get the injured sailor transfered to INS Kochi (D-64) the injured sailor is now being taken to a shore based hospital for further medical treatment.

INS Kolkata (D-63) is also operating in the Gulf of Aden. Thank you to @htTweets and @navalhistorian for the updated information.

ESPS Victoria (F-82) is continuing to follow the hijacked MV Ruen yet to be rescued from pirates.

Ike CSG is operating just outside the BAM.

45th Chinese Naval Escort Task Force has left Djibouti Port.

Bataan ARG is in the South Red Sea.

USS Laboon (DDG-58) sailing south in the Red Sea.

Naval chiefs of several countries with stakes in the strategic Indian Ocean region on Tuesday kicked off the start to a 4 day conference Bangkok Thailand called The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) where they will discuss ways to step up maritime cooperation, address challenges and strengthen maritime security architecture. IONS is a voluntary initiative that seeks to enhance maritime cooperation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean region.

The IONS grouping consists of 25 member countries and eight observers. IONS consists of the following countries Observer States So keep an eye over the coming days on developments from IONS which could come up with its own operations separate to Operation Prosperity Guardian

Does not include all ships under Combined Maritime Force such as CTF 150, CTF 151, CTF 152, CTF 153,

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Membership of the task force or whatever

Operation Prosperity Guardian Publicly announced partners

What member states have announced to contribute or Likely to contribute based on currently deployed assets.

Netherlands: 2x staff officers are currently reviewing as to whether they will send any ships.

Norway: 10x staff officers, no ships

Canada: 3x staff officers under Operation Artemis, no ships.

United Kingdom:

  • HMS Diamond (D-34),
  • HMS Lancaster (F-229),

United Kingdom/Likely partaking in OPG

  • HMS Chiddingfold (M-37)
  • HMS Middleton (M-34)
  • HMS Bangor (M-109)
  • RFA Cardigan Bay (L-3009)

Italy:

  • ITS Virginio Fasan (F-591)

France:

  • FS Languedoc (D-653)

United States/Likely Ships partaking in OPG

  • USS Stethem (DDG-63)
  • USS Gravely (DDG-107)
  • USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)
  • USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
  • USS Laboon (DDG-58)
  • USS Carney (DDG-64)
  • USS Mason (DDG-87)

United States/Possibly supporting OPG

  • USS Bataan (LHD-5)
  • USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
  • Several USNS ships

Bahrain:

  • Likely will support with Joint Intelligence Analysis at CMF Bahrain (personal opinion)

Seychelles:

  • Likely support with Joint Intelligence at CMF-BAHRAIN and or a gun boat. (Personal opinion) haven't seen any statements yet.

Spain:

  • ESPS Victoria (F-82) likely no statements as of yet to confirm

Countries not mentioned in the announcement of Operation Prosperity Guardian though may partake in OPG.

Again no statements from respected states as of yet to confirm or deny take with salt personal opinion.

Australia: Most Likely to partake in OPG 5x existing staff officers from ADF at CMF Bahrain talks to send a few more staff officers to CMF-BAHRAIN. Leadership said no ships no planes.

Germany: Very Likely to partake in OPG FGS Hessen (F-221) talks in Germany to deploy to Region January/February 2024.

Egypt: Likely to partake in OPG ENS Alexandria (F-911) (been there go to ship for CTF-153 and was in Red Sea OCT-NOV 2023)

 

Even Chance to partake in OPG Currently Operating in Gulf of Aden and may partake in OPG

Japan:

  • JS Akebono (DD-108) (might be under CTF-151) )

South Korea:

  • ROKS Yang Man-Chun (DDH-973) (might be under CTF-151)

India:

  • INS Kochi (D-64)
  • INS Kolkata (D-63) (might be under CTF-151)

Israel: Even Chance to partake in OPG Operating in the Red Sea

  • 1x Sa'ar 4.5 Corvette
  • 1x Sa'ar 6 Corvette
  • Up to 3x Sa'ar 5 Corvettes

As for any other potential countries that may partake in OPG I would wait and see if anything comes out of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) conference which started today.

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I’d been wondering why we were showing so much restraint, refusing to counter attack the Houthis. I suppose this was a great opportunity to get our allies some live fire exercise. Fuck these mother fuckers, lets spread some freedom already

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Membership of the task force or whatever

Operation Prosperity Guardian Publicly announced partners

What member states have announced to contribute or Likely to contribute based on currently deployed assets.

Netherlands: 2x staff officers are currently reviewing as to whether they will send any ships.

Norway: 10x staff officers, no ships

Canada: 3x staff officers under Operation Artemis, no ships.

United Kingdom:

  • HMS Diamond (D-34),
  • HMS Lancaster (F-229),

United Kingdom/Likely partaking in OPG

  • HMS Chiddingfold (M-37)
  • HMS Middleton (M-34)
  • HMS Bangor (M-109)
  • RFA Cardigan Bay (L-3009)

Italy:

  • ITS Virginio Fasan (F-591)

France:

  • FS Languedoc (D-653)

United States/Likely Ships partaking in OPG

  • USS Stethem (DDG-63)
  • USS Gravely (DDG-107)
  • USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)
  • USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
  • USS Laboon (DDG-58)
  • USS Carney (DDG-64)
  • USS Mason (DDG-87)

United States/Possibly supporting OPG

  • USS Bataan (LHD-5)
  • USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
  • Several USNS ships

Bahrain:

  • Likely will support with Joint Intelligence Analysis at CMF Bahrain (personal opinion)

Seychelles:

  • Likely support with Joint Intelligence at CMF-BAHRAIN and or a gun boat. (Personal opinion) haven't seen any statements yet.

Spain:

  • ESPS Victoria (F-82) likely no statements as of yet to confirm

Countries not mentioned in the announcement of Operation Prosperity Guardian though may partake in OPG.

Again no statements from respected states as of yet to confirm or deny take with salt personal opinion.

Australia: Most Likely to partake in OPG 5x existing staff officers from ADF at CMF Bahrain talks to send a few more staff officers to CMF-BAHRAIN. Leadership said no ships no planes.

Germany: Very Likely to partake in OPG FGS Hessen (F-221) talks in Germany to deploy to Region January/February 2024.

Egypt: Likely to partake in OPG ENS Alexandria (F-911) (been there go to ship for CTF-153 and was in Red Sea OCT-NOV 2023)

 

Even Chance to partake in OPG Currently Operating in Gulf of Aden and may partake in OPG

Japan:

  • JS Akebono (DD-108) (might be under CTF-151) )

South Korea:

  • ROKS Yang Man-Chun (DDH-973) (might be under CTF-151)

India:

  • INS Kochi (D-64)
  • INS Kolkata (D-63) (might be under CTF-151)

Israel: Even Chance to partake in OPG Operating in the Red Sea

  • 1x Sa'ar 4.5 Corvette
  • 1x Sa'ar 6 Corvette
  • Up to 3x Sa'ar 5 Corvettes

As for any other potential countries that may partake in OPG I would wait and see if anything comes out of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) conference which started today.

We’re sending the Eisenhower? Did the navy not see the tweet saying they’re going to sink our carriers?!

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