I mean the route still not being safe for shipping doesn't mean they have no impact. Just not enough to make it safe.
Yemen doesn't need naval ships or planes
Not that those would do them any good, they'd get wrecked. Much better off with lobbing rockets. It's like Iraq terrorists and using roadside bombs instead of something like tanks. That'd make no sense.
The whole US strategy is being invalidated by new technology. US navy is a dinosaur.
True. This and Ukraine war has kinda shown how poorly a traditional navy works against drones especially. But I think Somali boat attacks and stuff like that is an even older example of how hard that sort of uneven fighting is.