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A merchant vessel was attacked four times 45 nautical miles to south of the Yemen Red Sea port of al-Mukha, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a detachment of the Royal Navy, reported on August 9.
In an advisory notice, the agency said that the vessel was first attacked with rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) fired from small boats.
“The Master reports an attack by an RPG exploding in close proximity to the vessel from two small craft, white and black in color, each with four persons on board. The persons on board the small craft are reported to be wearing white and yellow raincoats,” the UKMTO said.
The second attack saw a missile exploding in close proximity to the vessel, according to the UKMTO, which said that an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) was destroyed by the ship’s Armed Security Team at a close distance during the third attack.
Another missile splashed in the sea later in close proximity to the vessel, the agency added, noting that “the crew and vessel are reported to be safe and are proceeding to the next port of call.”
The Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen have not yet acknowledged the attack reported by the UKMTO, though it typically takes them a few days to issue a claim.
Separately, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on August 9 that its forces destroyed two anti-ship cruise missiles and one ground control station in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen over the past day. A Houthi USV was also destroyed in the Red Sea, according to the command.
“These weapons presented a clear and imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region,” CENTCOM said in a statement. “This reckless and dangerous behavior by Iranian-backed Houthis continues to threaten regional stability and security.”
Since November, the Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have attacked dozens of vessels affiliated with Israel or owned by the United States and the UK in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea in response to the Israeli war and siege on the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip.
In addition, the group launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel and shot down six American-made combat drones over Yemen and nearby waters.
The U.S. and the UK have carried out hundreds of strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen since January in an attempt to deter the group and degrade its military capabilities, but to no avail. Israel also launched an attack against al-Hodeidah port last month after a deadly Houthi drone strike on the city of Tel Aviv, but was met with more threats by the group.
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houthis may extend the zone of operation and hit an aircraft carrier. kindly also send extra drones to make videos!
in fact this is not only military war but indeed an info war. the harm in the liar west is greater for them than loosing personel or vehicles. lost of latter is just money for them which they just drain out of the blood of their slave countries.
the news of the attac on eisenhower was indeed a great setback for them. and a sunken roosevelt which is now in the reach would be a great, global victory.
houthis need to upgrade their drone boats to submergables resp. u-drones. if these explosive laden speed boats can float & attack from underwater, they’ll be much harder to detect & destroy – at least for merchant vessels. us warships may still detect them, but merchant vessels ? no, these will be hit 100% as they have no counter-techniques ’cause mg-fire cannot stop underwater drones.
the fun loving houthi brothers are ripping bits off the evil anglozionazi empire of shit and the deranged $atan can’t do jack squat about it. onward to the total destruction of the abomination in khazar occupied palestine and the washing town sewer that feeds these rats
the us and its nato poodles have had to pull back their warships from the area and now operates at long range. that’s confidence for you. the houthi’s only have to lucky once or twice and billions of dollars of nato tech goes to the bottom. meanwhile, the accuracy of houthi weapons gets better and better.
eilat ghost town. see how the shlomos like being sanctioned. bring in global bds. boycott coca cola macdonalds starbucks.
loss 90% of cargoes for port of eilat. never ate burgers, not drinking cola as well. btw, “fanta” was invented in the 3rd reich, now it’s trade mark of “coca cola”. official drink of 1936 olympics (both winter and summer in one year). search this and watch images: cola swastika
“royal navy supports four attacks on merchant vessel near yemen”
fixed the headline.
he-he, nice, but it’s their vessel!
america is controlled by zionists and israel is a proxy for their globalist ambitions. labeling israel’s opposition as anti-semetic when in fact houthis are only fighting for survival against the zionists aggressive anti-human agenda for world hegemony.
judaism is satanism. erase these hook-nosed scum on two-legs from the face of the earth and there will be prosperity, welfare and lasting peace on earth within an eyeblink. but problem is whenever one truely kicks them out and gets rid of them, they immediately mobilze mios of idiots from all around the world and fool&brainwash&pay them to crush the “deserter”. see usa,uk& russia crushing ns-germany, or usa crushing saddam, us&france crushing gaddafi etc. etc.
houthis are semites as all arabs who make up the semitic majority. so jews can be named as anti-semites too. and even arabs fighting another arabs are anti-semites according this logic. wrong use of words leads to ridiculous paradox. when it’s between semites, it’s not anti-semitism. why do they like this wrong word? word “judofobia” is correct to select jews only. but there is no judofobia among arabs or persians.
sink those suckers. every zio port a ghost town.
royal navy of what kingdom? need to clarify in title. saudi arabia, jordan, uae, i could name more monarchies in asia and europe.
70 sf zionist troops dead, ambushed by houthies after being spotted by a russian sat crossing into yemen