High Stakes in the Red Sea
On New Year's Eve, weeks of rising tension in the Red Sea reached a boiling point.
Houthi militants tried to board the Maersk Hangzhou just one day after hitting the vessel with a missile. The ship's crew sent out a distress signal that was picked up by the USS Eisenhower and the USS Gravely, which sent helicopters to support the on-ship-security team.
Three Houthi ships were destroyed and ten assailants were killed, according to the Houthi military's own report. The crew of the Hangzhou is safe and there were no indications of fire resulting from the missile strike.
That skirmish marked a…
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