Dramatic moment as US warships launch missile strikes on Iran-backed rebels firing 'imminent threat' into Red Sea
DRAMATIC footage shows the moment US warships launch a barrage of missile attacks on Iranian-backed Houthi targets in the Red Sea.
The video shows missiles being launched from the USS Gravely and USS Carney, hitting targets that posed an “imminent threat” to American ships in the Red Sea.
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An American F/A-18 fighter jet can also be seen taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower.
The US Central Command said on Sunday it had carried out another attack 'in self-defence'.
It said the strikes targeted a Houthi land-attack cruise missile and four anti-ship cruise missiles “ready to launch” against ships in the Red Sea.
A statement said: “US forces identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined that they posed an immediate threat to US Navy and merchant vessels in the region.
“These actions will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters increasingly safer for U.S. Navy and merchant vessels.”
British troops joined the US in attacking the Houthis in Yemen Saturday amid simmering tensions — just hours after Iraq warned the Middle East was “on the brink of collapse.”
The Pentagon confirmed the attack hit 36 targets in Yemen.
Laser guided Tomahawk missiles and Paveway bombs, 2000 km/h fighter jets, Reaper drones and destroyers were placed next to the RAF airplanes.
The strikes hit 36 Houthi targets in 13 locations, US officials said, in the third wave of attacks in the past two weeks, hitting Houthi weapon launchers, radar sites, drones and buried weapons facilities.
The Ministry of Defense said the Typhoons Paveway IV used precision bombs against multiple military targets “identified through careful intelligence analysis at three locations”.
The attacks were in retaliation for almost daily missile or drone attacks on commercial and military ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
They followed The US attacks in Iraq and Syria on Friday which also targeted Iranian-backed militant groups.
The US has done that refused to rule out direct strikes on Iran, with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan saying the weekend's attacks are “not the end” of US action in the region.
Asked whether the US has taken Iranian attacks “off the table,” he said the president is “committed to responding vigorously to attacks on our people.”
Sullivan explained, “What happened Friday was the beginning, not the end, of our response, and there will be more steps to come – some seen, some perhaps unseen.”
Meanwhile, a Yemeni official has issued a new threat if the strikes continue – this time against Italy.
Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, head of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee, told the daily La Repubblica that Italy must be neutral in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and put pressure on Israel to stop attacks on Gaza. He added that this would be the only way to achieve this goal. peace in the region.
Italy said on Friday it would provide the admiral to command a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea, which it has joined to protect ships from attacks by Yemen's Houthi militia.
The mission's mandate, which will start in mid-February, will consist of protecting commercial ships and intercepting attacks, but not participating in attacks against the Houthis, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. , said.