US destroyer Tomahawk hits Yemeni Houthis’ radar station with cruise missiles
The United States strikes again at Yemeni Houthis, hitting another military facility
The U.S. Central Command reports that the U.S. launched another strike against the Yemeni Houthis on the night of January 13 as part of a campaign aimed at reducing their ability to threaten commercial shipping.
At 3:45 a.m. (Sana’a time) on Jan 13, U.S. forces conducted a strike against a Houthi radar site in Yemen. This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and was a follow-on action on a specific military target associated with strikes… pic.twitter.com/YE5BKJLGBv
– U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 13, 2024
The strike was launched at 3:45 a.m. (Yemeni capital Sanaa time), and the US military used its Tomahawk cruise missiles, fired from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), to hit the enemy target, a Houthi radar station. The number of missiles fired and the results of the strike were not reported.
Yesterday, on January 12, the United States, together with the United Kingdom, launched massive missile and bomb strikes against the Yemeni Houthis, hitting more than 60 targets at 16 sites. The strikes involved 19 aircraft, several submarines, an aircraft carrier, a missile cruiser, four destroyers, as well as airborne surveillance aircraft, tankers, and more.
On Jan. 11 at 2:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command forces, in coordination with the United Kingdom, and support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Bahrain conducted joint strikes on Houthi targets to degrade their ability to continue their illegal and… pic.twitter.com/bR8biMolSx
– U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 12, 2024
At the same time, the U.S. Central Command emphasizes that these strikes are not related to the previously announced Prosperity Guardian operation, which is being conducted separately by a coalition of more than 20 countries operating in the Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden.
The command also recalls that in less than two months, namely since November 19 last year, Yemeni Houthis, supported by Iran, have already tried to attack ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden 28 times, attacking them with ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as attack drones.
During one of these attacks on January 9, the United States, in cooperation with the United Kingdom, using F/A-18 aircraft and ships, repelled a massive Iranian-made kamikaze drone attack and destroyed two anti-ship cruise missiles and one ballistic missile.
Earlier, Defense Express reported that the Yemeni Houthis have even old Soviet P-15 Rubezh missiles in service.
and anti-aircraft missiles from the S-75 called Mohit converted to fire at surface targets, but most of the missiles are still from Iran.
