US destroys three anti-ship ballistic missiles, three drones and a cruise missile from Yemen’s Houthis

MADRID Dec. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Central Command of the United States Armed Forces (CENTCOM) has reported that it has destroyed three anti-ship ballistic missiles, three drones and an anti-ship cruise missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Sunday night.

“The US Navy destroyers ‘Stockdale’ and ‘O’Kane’ successfully defeated a series of weapons launched by the Houthis while transiting the Gulf of Aden, from November 30 to December 1,” CENTCOM explained in its social network account

The organization has celebrated in a brief statement that its destroyers have prevented the “reckless attacks” from causing injuries or damage to the three US-flagged merchant ships that they were escorting, “guaranteeing the safety of the ships and their personnel, as well as civilians”.

In particular, they have managed to shoot down “three anti-ship ballistic missiles, three unmanned aerial systems (the name used for the use of drones) with one-way attack and one anti-ship cruise missile.”

“These actions reflect the ongoing commitment of CENTCOM forces to protecting U.S. personnel, regional partners, and international shipping from attacks against the Iranian-backed Houthis,” CENTCOM noted.

These claims come after Yemeni forces have claimed responsibility for an attack with 16 ballistic missiles and a drone against a destroyer and three US military supply ships in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The insurgents’ military operations spokesman, Yahya Sari, has celebrated that the damage was “precise and direct” and has assured that “they will continue to carry out their military operations at an increasing pace in the area of ​​​​the naval operations declared against the Israeli and American enemy.

The Houthis, who control much of central and northern Yemen, have launched attacks on commercial ships passing near the Yemeni coast in support of the Palestinian militias, the target of the retaliatory Israeli military offensive launched after the September 7 attacks. October.

Likewise, they have attacked American and British ships and other strategic assets in response to the bombings of these countries against Yemen in an intervention that Washington and London base on their desire to guarantee the safety of navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.