US strikes take out Houthi radar site, weapons-production facility in Yemen
SpaceWar.com reports: “U.S. Navy ships and aircraft struck several Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a and coastal areas controlled by Houthis on Monday and Tuesday.
U.S. naval forces conducted multiple precision strikes against a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapons-production facilities that produced missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Central Command officers said Tuesday in a press release.
Video footage shows U.S. Navy aircraft and missiles launching from vessels during the overnight hours to conduct the precision strikes.
Houthi militants have used the targeted facilities to conduct attacks on U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to the Central Command.
U.S. Navy and Air Force aircraft destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site, seven cruise missiles and one-way attack UAVs over the Red Sea during the operation.
No U.S. personal were injured and no U.S. military equipment was damaged during the strikes.
The military operation is part of Central Command’s efforts to weaken the ability of the Iran-supported Houthis to threaten regional partners of the United States, including Israel…”
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