Houthis are back at it. They're launching anti-ship ballistic missiles at civilian shipping...USS Mason responding to the distress calls....

The US Navy is busy as hell. They're gonna have to start a destroyer rotation in this part of the world soon. We want the fight in the Pacific but the world will not let us have what we want. We're gonna need to shed some alliances/commitments and decide what we can/can't do and perhaps more importantly what we can afford to do!

At approximately 0700, Dec. 15 (Sanaa time), Houthi forces contacted the Motor Vessel MSC ALANYA, a Liberian flagged vessel that was traveling north in the southern part of the Red Sea and threatened to attack it. The Houthis directed the vessel to turn around and proceed south.… pic.twitter.com/DOA2MLqJie

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) December 15, 2023