As Trump warns Iran of “steep” consequences and dispatches a second carrier strike group, Yemen’s Iran‑backed Houthis answer with a show of force. New footage from Houthi media channels reveals radar arrays, launchers and gun crews tracking targets, capped by missile launches and tracer‑filled night skies meant to signal readiness for U.S. or Israeli airstrikes. It follows a “Soon” video of a burning ship that renewed Red Sea shipping fears just as USS Abraham Lincoln reached waters off Iran. With Muscat talks done and Geneva next, proxies are clearly in play.