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Super Hornets Hit Houthi Missiles Prior To Launch In Yemen
This is the third day in a row that the U.S. has carried out preemptive attacks against Houthi missiles being prepared to launch.
- U.S. Central Command forces conducted strikes on two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
- “U.S. forces identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen at approximately 3:40 p.m. (Sanaa time) and determined they were an imminent threat to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region.
- U.S. forces subsequently struck and destroyed the missiles in self-defense.”
If verified, this would be the second Reaper shot down since the start of the Israel-Hamas war Oct. 7.
Houthi militants in Yemen reportedly shot down a Reaper off the country's coast earlier Nov. 8, which you can read more about in our original report here.
This is a developing story. We will update it when there is more news to report.
Contact the author: howard@thewarzone.com
US hits Houthi strongholds in fourth round of strikes in just one week after ANOTHER ship hit in ‘direct’ missile attack
The Iran-backed group has been causing chaos at sea as tensions explode in the Middle East and the Israel and Hamas war rages on.
- The US swiftly hit back with strikes targeting several sites that were prepared to launch further assaults, a US official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday.
- Washington said it will re-designate the group as "global terrorists".
- The new designation will require US financial institutions to freeze Houthi funds and its members will be banned from the US.
"These missiles on launch rails presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region and could have been fired at any time, prompting US forces to exercise their inherent right and obligation to defend themselves.
"These strikes, along with other actions we have taken, will degrade the Houthi’s capabilities to continue their reckless attacks on international and commercial shipping in the Red Sea, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden."
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