Red Sea / Houthi rebels situation

The Houthis are saying the air / missile strikes have been ineffective.

Just out of interest what actually is their motivation? I know they said it was to target Israeli owned ships / Israel-bound ships assisting with the conflict but that appears to be nonsense.
 
SPG said:
Another ship hit...

What do they expect, if they pull the region into war then they deserve every little bit of ordinance that's going to get dropped on them. Iran is also going to get a slap sooner than they think as well how you fix that country if you manage to get rid of the factions is beyond me. Democracy clearly doesn't work in their culture which is fair enough.
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Apparently the Eagle Bulk Shipping ship called "Gibraltar Eagle", there's a bit about it on the 16:01 update here (as well as all the talk from Parliament today): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67978584
 
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I would have thought that they would want to give the F-35s some operational sorties but as others have said it doesn't seem necessary to send a carrier and support vessels at the moment.
 
The Funktopus said:
May have something to do with the fact that only 2 Type 45’s are operational, Diamond and Duncan. Obviously Diamond’s in the Red Sea, so it’d mean that the UK’s only other operational air defence ship at the minute would have to leave UK waters to escort a hypothetical deployment of either Queen Elizabeth or Prince of Wales to take on the Houthi’s.
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And I believe Diamond is due to be relieved anyway.
 
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