US Central Command on Thursday said it conducted two-self-defence strikes targeting six mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, that were prepared to launch towards the Red Sea. It also shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the southern Red Sea in self-defence.
In the attack, the US military forces targeted seven mobile anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM), three mobile unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV), and one explosive unmanned surface vessel(USV) in Houthi controlled areas of Yemen.
Amid the ongoing tensions in the Red Sea, the United States carried out fresh 'self-defence' strikes against multiple Houthi missiles that presented an "imminent threat" to the US navy ships and merchant vessels in the region.
The United States conducted self-defence strikes against three Houthi cruise missiles in the Red Sea, which presented an "imminent threat" to US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region.
The strikes which were conducted on US President Joe Biden's direction, are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17, as per a statement by the US Secretary of Defence Ll