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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) announced on March 9 that they had attacked an American-owned cargo ship and several warships of the United States Navy in waters near Yemen.
In a statement, the Houthi military spokesman, Brigade General Yahya Sarea, said that the group targeted the Propel Fortune cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden with “a number of suitable naval missiles” and launched 37 suicide drones at U.S. Navy warships in the gulf and the Red Sea in support of the “oppressed Palestinian people” and in response to “American and British aggression” against Yemen.
The spokesman also warned that the group will not stop its attacks until “the Israeli offensive in Gaza stops and the siege imposed on the Palestinian people is lifted”.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, a detachment of the Royal Navy, reported two blasts near a vessel, roughly 50 nautical miles off the coast of Aden on March 8.
Later, a Yemeni Coast Guard official confirmed to China’s Xinhua news agency that at least two missiles launched by the Houthis detonated in the vicinity of the Singapore-flagged Propel Fortune. The unnamed official didn’t report any casualties.
Also on March 9, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its forces had repelled a large-scale drone attack by the Houthis in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
“CENTCOM and coalition forces identified the one-way attack (OWA) UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] and determined that they presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, U.S. Navy, and coalition ships in the region. U.S. Navy vessels and aircraft along with multiple coalition navy ships and aircraft shot down 15 OWA UAVs,” the command said in a statement.
The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have targeted dozens of Israel-affiliated vessels and others owned by the U.S. and the United Kingdom in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 19 in response to the ongoing Israeli war and siege on the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
The U.S. and the UK retaliated to the repeated attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden by carrying out strikes on more than 200 targets in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. However, the group remains undeterred.
The Houthis recent attacks, including a deadly missile strike on an American-owned cargo ship earlier this week, indicate that their capabilities are still intact.
15 out of 37… is less then 40 % interception rate… they should ask for ukrainians help in managing info…. i ll not be surprised some ships are heading to “maintence”
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yemen may have the backing of the iranian admin but it has the goodwill of the world. warmongering nations excluded. maybe sending a swarm of smaller drones might get through defences? will the us public be told if one of these drones makes its us navy target? the credibility of western weapons has already taken a battering in ukraine. tribesmen in sandals sending a us navy vessel to the bottom would put the icing on the cake.
čo keby sa teraz do tohto chaosu ktorý je v červenom mori zapojili aj rusi? samozrejme nie oficiálne ale tak ako to robia debili zo západu na ukrajine. tajne!!! a mohlo by sa stať, že by niektoré vojnové plavidlo išlo ku dnu. úspech by si na pažbu urobili samozrejme husiovia, ako inak. svetu mier!!!
i don’t feel sorry for those who are involved in the genocide of palestinian civilians and those who have been helping the saudis kill kids in their beds in yemen.
the successful defense by the western warships struck down 15 drones. but yemen sent 37? there seems to be issue with math. so if they shot down 15, which leaves 22, uhhh, where did they go? and no warships were hit…right. oh, they didn’t say that now did they? gee, the truths that are left unsaid. when the houthi’s get tired of playing with them, that flattop needs to be far, far away.
now the houthi’s are telling the us that they have timed the take-off and landing timing and the’ loophole’ it presents in an attack on it. maybe they should give that some thought.
gee , maybe us and uk should stop the genocide in gaza , and maybe the houthis will stop , but this is just too rational thinking for child killing israel and uk and usa .
great work houthis, keep harrassing and damaging enemy ships