by Dave Patterson | Mar 21, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
So far this month, Iran-backed Houthis have launched more than 55 individual antiballistic missile and aerial drone attacks against civilian merchant vessels and US Navy and Allied warships in the international waters around Yemen. During the same time, US and Allied...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 9, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Despite the US and its allies attempting to provide safe passage in the Red Sea, the international waterway simply is not safe. In fact, it’s quite deadly – as the crew of the Barbados-flagged True Confidence unfortunately discovered Wednesday, March 6. The merchant...
by Dave Patterson | Feb 21, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Two missiles launched by Houthi terrorists on Feb. 18 engaged a British-registered, Belize-flagged cargo ship carrying a highly explosive agricultural fertilizer product, and one seriously damaged the vessel. The attack happened near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. When it...
by Dave Patterson | Feb 12, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Four months ago, Hamas terrorists – backed by Iran — invaded southern Israel. In a murderous rampage, they ransacked Israeli homes, killed old men, teenagers, children, and babies and raped women, leaving their mutilated, bloodied bodies for survivors to find....
by Dave Patterson | Feb 5, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Combat activity continued over the weekend in the Gulf Region. On the same day US forces led a multiplatform air strike against Iran proxies in Iraq and Syria, Iran-supplied Houthi rebels continued to launch unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at merchant vessels...