Houthi rebels say they’ve fired a locally made hypersonic missile as they target ships in the Red Sea. Dubbed the “Hatem-2,” the Houthis said the missile is a solid-fuel warhead fired at a Liberian-flagged ship. The Houthis aren’t known to have advanced arms manufacturing, and the missile resembles Iranian designs. Yemen’s Houthi rebel group said on […]
The Pentagon said Monday it remains confident that it will be able to respond to ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea after a Navy aircraft carrier strike group departed the region and it was unclear when another carrier group might arrive. “We still have capability in the region,” Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder […]
Yemen has released a video showing its Tufan-1 (also written Toofan-1) uncrewed surface vessel (USV), or drone boat, blowing apart a target vessel during a test. The video follows photos of the much cruder Houthi USV that struck the bulk cargo carrier M/V Tutor in the Red Sea earlier this month, an incident you can […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a commercial ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden but apparently caused no damage, authorities said Saturday, in the latest strike on the shipping lane by the group. The Houthi attack comes after the sinking this week of the ship Tutor, which […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A claim by Yemen’s Houthi group on Saturday that its forces had attacked the U.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea is false, two U.S. officials told Reuters. “That is incorrect,” one of the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Iran-aligned Houthis first launched drone and missile […]
Houthi footage appeared to show sea drones attacking a cargo ship. A Greek-owned coal carrier attacked by the militant group sank, a UK maritime agency said. A British-owned vessel sank earlier this year following another Houthi attack. Footage released by Yemen’s Houthi rebels appears to show the militant group attacking a cargo ship in the […]
ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The combat markings emblazoned on the F/A-18 fighter jet tell the story: 15 missiles and six drones, painted in black just below the cockpit windshield. As the jet sits on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red […]
Video has emerged on social media offering the first view of the Houthi uncrewed surface vessel (USV) that struck the M/V Tutor in the Red Sea last week. It also shows the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk cargo carrier security crew’s perplexed reaction as the USV approached. Though the Iranian-backed rebel group has constantly attempted USV attacks […]
ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower may be one of the oldest aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy, but it’s still fighting — despite repeated false claims by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Houthis and online accounts supporting them repeatedly have alleged they hit or […]
US forces launched successful attacks late this week on Houthi radars that helped facilitate the Iranian-backed group’s ongoing assaults on ships in the Red Sea, according to US Central Command. CENTCOM said the US military destroyed seven radars in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, which had allowed “Houthis to target maritime vessels and endanger commercial shipping.” […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military unleashed a wave of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their assaults on shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor, authorities said Saturday, after one merchant sailor went missing following an earlier Houthi strike on a ship. The attacks come as […]
ABOARD THE USS LABOON IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The U.S. Navy prepared for decades to potentially fight the Soviet Union, then later Russia and China, on the world’s waterways. But instead of a global power, the Navy finds itself locked in combat with a shadowy, Iran-backed rebel group based in Yemen. The U.S.-led […]