The US Navy has destroyed Houthi "small boats" whose crew attempted to board a container ship in the Red Sea - the fourth one got away!
- “We have manned and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and as I think you've seen, we've seen tactical aircraft and jets from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, the U.S. aircraft carrier deployed to the region,”
As we reported previously, on Dec. 26, the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike group shot down a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles.
Five days later, on Dec. 31, MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters from the Eisenhower and the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Gravely responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel under attack from Houthi boats on Dec. 31.
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“In the process of issuing verbal calls to the small boats, the small boats fired upon the U.S. helicopters with crew-served weapons and small arms,” U.S. Central Command said at the time.
“The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense, sinking three of the four small boats, and killing the crews.”
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“Since the operation started, together with our partners, we have shot down 19 [aerial] drones and missiles and sunk three small boats,” he said.
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