Boss I wont ever let you get this narrative through unimpeded, I did a FULL EXTENSIVE WRITE UP about how fucked the Trumans CSG trip was, it cost us 3 f-18s fully loaded with weapons as well as a high ranking commander and damage to the flagship
I dont know exactly what went down over there but I know the Houthis made it so fucking dangerous to keep navy vessels over there that ALL naval vessels from all countries have vacated the area
BTW im going to us round figures here and say we had like 600 of the newest interceptor missiles and like 500 of the older variants, TOTAL and we denuded both down to about 100 each at a cost of over 1 billion to the tax payer before the pentagon finally says "fuck it" and canceled the whole OP
the lead time on the high end interceptor missles is YEARS at this point, the chips they need to work are just not forthcoming anytime soon in the numbers we need.