Since the start of Yemeni operations supporting Gaza last November and the US’ decision to enter the direct confrontation line with Yemen last January, major Yemeni operations, including targeting battleships and aircraft carriers in the Red Sea; however, now the theater of operations for major events has become very far away and enjoys a large American maneuver, posing a real and substantial test for Yemeni capabilities.

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Over the past nine months of American confrontations in the Red Sea, the names of several American battleships have been circulating after they were targeted and America decided to withdraw them. The most prominent of these battleships included the aircraft carrier “Eisenhower,” along with destroyers like Carney, Mason, Laboon, and Gravely.

These battleships were deployed in the Red Sea from the moment of America’s decision to establish what is known as the “Guardian of Prosperity,” aimed at protecting the Israeli occupation against the Yemeni blockade, but what distinguished these battleships was their positioning in specific points within the Red Sea, based on American conviction that no party would be able to target them.

Following the escalation of Yemeni attacks and the damage they caused to those battleships; America decided to withdraw all its battleships and deploy others at the farthest reaches of the Red Sea in defensive missions to prevent targeting of the occupied land in Palestine. This categorized the Red Sea, with its connecting passages to the Gulf of Aden, as a highly risky area for American battleships and their allies engaged in aggression, led by Britain. America resorted to minimal attempts to escort ships crossing the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait before completely abandoning the mission as operations intensified in both quantity and quality, with Yemeni forces spending days and nights awaiting an American or one linked to the Israeli occupation.

Today, the series of targeting American battleships has returned to the forefront of the scene in Yemen, not just in the Red Sea but in the Arabian Sea as well, which separates Yemeni forces from it with mountains, deserts, and valleys extending for thousands of kilometers, not to mention hundreds of nautical miles.

The American aircraft carrier “USS Lincoln” was supposed to be stationed in the Red Sea as a replacement for Eisenhower, which was withdrawn from there according to the American announcement. However, the Navy decided to keep it away from the range of Yemen’s missiles and drones, granting it freedom of movement between the Pacific, Indian, and Arabian Seas. Despite this maneuverability, whether in terms of the American ship’s location or its movements making it challenging to target, Yemeni forces finally managed to catch up with it and deliver what seems to be powerful strikes, as interpreted from the tense American statements unable to respond immediately to any attack.

In contrast to the battleships targeted in the Red Sea, including Eisenhower, the targeting of Lincoln is a complex operation. It not only requires significant intelligence and reconnaissance efforts but also long-range missiles and drones capable of maneuvering and hitting a moving battleship.