Israel-Hamas Conflict: Updates & Discussions
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The target in Yemen is the Houthis and the overall Supreme Allied Council. The West supports the Yemen govt. So if the Houthis are weakened, both the Yemen govt and their allies called the STC will benefit. So all I'm saying is the West should bomb the Houthis enough for the Yemen govt and the STC to clean up after.
Erm... what?
Honestly, India should just hit Yemen and Houthis with nuclear weapon. It will clear a dangerous vermin from this earth and will give a real world test for our most important weapons will be battle tested. Win=win. If Germans and EU make noise, just ask them to stuff it.
Only good Houthi and Yemeni is a dead and fried one.
Only good Houthi and Yemeni is a dead and fried one.
This would be an escalation with potentially serious consequences: the Houthis have great power to cause trouble. They are just as capable of bombing Saudi oil installations as they are of blocking the Bab el Mandeb strait.
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Attacks in the Red Sea: Washington raises its voice against Iran, accused of helping the Houthis
(leparisien (fr) dec.23)
The United States has accused Tehran of aiding the Houthis in their attacks in the Red Sea, by supplying them with military equipment and intelligence.
The White House is raising its voice. On Friday, Washington said that Iran had been "heavily involved in the planning" of recent attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels against commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
The United States, which has set up a military coalition to defend maritime traffic in the area, is conducting "intensive consultations with (its) allies and partners" on how to respond to these attacks, said Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.
"We have no reason to believe that Iran is trying to dissuade the Houthis from continuing their irresponsible actions," she added in a statement. "Iranian support for the Houthis is solid and takes the form of deliveries of sophisticated military equipment, intelligence, financial aid and training," the spokeswoman added, adding that Tehran "delegated operational decisions to the Houthis. Without Iran's help, the Yemeni rebels "would find it difficult to spot and strike" ships travelling in the Red Sea, she added.
Tehran's "decisive" role
The National Security Council released a number of examples to back up these accusations. For example, US intelligence noted "virtually identical characteristics" between Iranian KAS-04 (or Samad-3) drones and those used by the Houthis this autumn. Washington also revealed that, on 27 November, Yemeni rebels launched Iranian-designed ballistic missiles, which fell close to a US warship.
"We know that the intelligence used by the Houthis in maritime space is based on surveillance systems supplied by the Iranians", said Adrienne Watson. In her view, the information provided by Tehran played a "decisive" role in the Houthis' tracking of commercial vessels.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the rebels use real-time intelligence provided by a spy ship linked to the Iranian regime.
This wave of attacks, carried out with drones and missiles against ships that the Houthis believe to be "linked to Israel", threatens to disrupt world trade. For the time being, the main shipping companies have decided not to use the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Recognised political support
The Houthis, who control a large part of Yemen but are not recognised by the international community, repeat that they will continue until sufficient food and medicines reach the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian territory bombed and besieged by Israel in response to the unprecedented Hamas attack on Israeli territory on 7 October.
Iran admits its political support for the Houthis, who have been at war with the internationally recognised Yemeni government since 2014. But Tehran denies supplying military equipment to the rebels.
The Americans and their allies question the degree of operational understanding between the Iranian regime and the Houthis, without being able to determine to what extent the rebel group is or is not acting on behalf of Tehran.
"Of all the groups close to Iran in the region, the Houthis have the weakest link with Tehran. And it's hard to see how their attacks serve their interests or those of Iran", noted a diplomat from a US ally recently. He pointed out, for example, that Hezbollah, a Lebanese group whose proximity to Iran is beyond doubt, had not undertaken attacks on a comparable scale.
Until now, US President Joe Biden, who wants to avoid a regional spread of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, has opted for deterrence, in particular by sending warships to the Middle East. But according to several US media, he is now considering launching direct strikes against the Houthis./deepl
It's the direction the war is taking though. The Houthis have effectively established a blockade at the strait, and has put Europe in trouble 'cause energy supplies from the ME and India are at risk, so more inflation.
So that's gonna have to be dealt with diplomatically or otherwise. The only question is to what extent.
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Dunno what he's referring to.
The volumetric energy density issue is solved by storing it in a compressed form in cars, which has been proven.
The gravimetric energy density is off the charts, 3 times more than petrol/diesel.
So he's wrong on both counts.
Er...
Toyota Mirai breaks world record for distance driven with one fill of hydrogen
The new Toyota Mirai has increased the world record distance to over 1000 km After breaking the record, Mirai was refuelled, ready to go again in only 5 minutes Demonstrates hydrogen fuel cell technology as a leading solution for long distance driving with zero emissions
Green hydrogen was used during the record attempt and the average fuel consumption was 0.55 kg/100km, with Mirai being able to store 5.6 kg of hydrogen.
1003 km on 5.6 kg. Your link says 1 kg of H2 = 1 gal of petrol. So with 5.6 gal of petrol or 21.19 l equivalent, it traveled 1003 km, mileage = 47.33 km/l. Who the heck are you kidding?
Petrol cost in London is 1.42/l. A gal would cost £5.37, whereas H2 is expected to come down to as low as £1/kg in India.
So £1 vs £5.37 even at the same efficiency. Or a more realistic 2x price difference, ie £10.7.
yooohooo India wacha gonna dooooo?
I think the tittle of this thread should be changed to Middle East War because sht is about to go off as Israel is moving to its next phase of the war and US tries to sucker Euro navies into a coalition under US control so that when US launched strikes at Houthis Euros will be considered participants whether they like it or not. Muahahahahahaha!!!
I think the tittle of this thread should be changed to Middle East War because sht is about to go off as Israel is moving to its next phase of the war and US tries to sucker Euro navies into a coalition under US control so that when US launched strikes at Houthis Euros will be considered participants whether they like it or not. Muahahahahahaha!!!
How does this change the facts in the link I gave you? Hydrogen is half the BTU/gal, ~60,000 vs ~120,000.Er...
The journey started on Wednesday 26th of May at 5:43 am from the HYSETCO hydrogen station in Orly and finished after driving 1003 km on one single fill.Toyota Mirai breaks world record for distance driven with one fill of hydrogen
The new Toyota Mirai has increased the world record distance to over 1000 km After breaking the record, Mirai was refuelled, ready to go again in only 5 minutes Demonstrates hydrogen fuel cell technology as a leading solution for long distance driving with zero emissionsnewsroom.toyota.eu
Green hydrogen was used during the record attempt and the average fuel consumption was 0.55 kg/100km, with Mirai being able to store 5.6 kg of hydrogen.
1003 km on 5.6 kg. Your link says 1 kg of H2 = 1 gal of petrol. So with 5.6 gal of petrol or 21.19 l equivalent, it traveled 1003 km, mileage = 47.33 km/l. Who the heck are you kidding?
Petrol cost in London is 1.42/l. A gal would cost £5.37, whereas H2 is expected to come down to as low as £1/kg in India.
So £1 vs £5.37 even at the same efficiency. Or a more realistic 2x price difference, ie £10.7.
Diesel is 140,000BTU/gal.
My link talks only of BTU/gal for compressed H2 vs petrol. That's before you even consider volumes. I can get >1,200km on a single tank of diesel. Gasoline is 0.77kg/L, so ~4.4kg/gal. Compressed hydrogen is 0.27kg/gal = storage/transport problems. If 1kg H2 = 1 gal petrol, that's 4 galllons for 1 gallon equivalent. So this Mirai had a 21 gallon tank for 5.6kg, way bigger than average. My car makes 20+% km more with 2/3rds of the fuel.
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In any case, French ships will remain under national command:(…) US tries to sucker Euro navies into a coalition under US control so that when US launched strikes at Houthis Euros will be considered participants whether they like it or not. Muahahahahahaha!!!
(…) Placed under the command of Combined Task Force 153 [CTF 153], itself subordinate to the Combined Maritime Forces [CMF], this new naval operation [Prosperity Guardian] raises many questions.
Its rules of engagement have not yet been specified, and the number of contributors and the terms of their engagement remain unclear. When he announced its launch on 18 December, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that ten countries, including France, would take part. Later, the White House stated that ten other countries - notably Arab - had joined in, but anonymously, as they did not want to be seen defending ships linked to Israeli interests.
That said, some of the member countries of this naval coalition will be playing a token role, as they do not have the naval and air resources to be deployed in the Red Sea, and their participation will be limited to sending staff officers (this is the case, for example, of Norway and the Netherlands). The United Kingdom has announced that the destroyer HMS Diamond will join Operation Prosperity Guardian, which will also include a Greek frigate.
However, despite being among the ten countries named by the Pentagon, France and Italy will not be placing their naval assets under US command.
In a press release, the French Ministry of Defence stated that the multi-mission frigate [FREMM] Languedoc, currently deployed in the Red Sea, would remain under "national command".
"The French Navy is constantly deploying capabilities in this area, within a European framework with the Agénor and Atalante missions, or by supporting naval coalitions such as Combined Task Force 153, initiated by the United States for maritime security in the Red Sea. This operation coordinates the resources of the various partner nations, which in France's case remain under national command and guarantee our freedom of action", he explained. This applies not only to ships but also to maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft. (…) /deepl
Sécurité en mer Rouge : La France et l'Italie ne placeront pas leurs frégates sous commandement américain - Zone Militaire
Which is why they said NON to US command. French Marina have no issues being under US during exercises and other stuff like when being part of US carrier escort however this is different and they know the US is going to strike at Houthis soon and want no part of it.