"Houthis launch a complex attack"....drone swarms are not living up to my imagination of them...

CENTCOM says Iranian-backed Houthis launched a complex attack of Iranian designed kamikaze UAVs, anti-ship cruise missiles, and an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Southern Red Sea.

- 18 kamikaze UAVs
- 2 anti-ship cruise missiles and
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— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 10, 2024

I might be wrong but in the past the US Navy was setup to kill an all sector attack of Kitchen supersonic anti-ship missiles. I'm talking a swarm of those high speed bastards zooming in at supersonic speed hugging the waves.

In that light I just can't get excited about the Houthi effort.  The AEGIS system is supposed to EASILY be able to handle what's being sent at it WHILE engaging a surface threat (meaning enemy surface action group....bad guy destroyers).

Maybe its too much military science fiction but drone swarms had me thinking you'd be seeing like 100 drones being sent at one ship and the crew having to fight them off.

18 against an armada just don't seem like much of a threat.