“In another development, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels approved a mission to help protect international shipping in the Red Sea. It aims to have the operation which will involve four ships from France, Germany, Italy and Belgium up and running in a few weeks.”
The Euroweenies to the rescue. They will also have limited success.
There ‘s an analysis somewhere on You Tube laying out a pretty good case for needing 15-20 Arleigh-Burke type warships, or “close” in capability, to do the defensive part of the job, in addition to the carrier and its capabilities. The area to defend is pretty substantial!
Even then, eventually if for no other reason than a tech malfunction, a cargo ship gets sunk. Defense can only minimize the risk, not eliminate it.