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| 25 missile launchers and over 20 missiles destroyed, says Pentagon |
| 2024-01-24 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] US troops have destroyed or damaged more than 25 launchers and over 20 missiles in Yemen since January 11. Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder announced this on Tuesday, January 23. “I can tell you that since January 11, we estimate that we have destroyed or damaged over,” he said during a briefing for reporters. Ryder added that effective strikes were also carried out against unmanned aerial vehicle operating areas, coastal radars and aerial reconnaissance assets. As Regnum reported, on January 23, the Associated Press reported that the United States and Great Britain, with the support of Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Bahrain, launched new attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen. According to the source, the military used Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to destroy launchers and warehouses with missiles, drones and ammunition. Let us recall that the United States and Great Britain, with the support of their allies, began a military operation in Yemen on the night of January 12. The first series of airstrikes was carried out on the outskirts of the port city of Hodeidah, located in the west of the country. At least five airstrikes hit Yemeni Houthi targets. The head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, the official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova, as well as the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, condemned the strikes of the US-British coalition on Yemen. More from regnum.ru US and UK launch new strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen The United States and Great Britain carried out new strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, the Associated Press reported on January 23. AR: US and British military carried out new strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen “US and British troops carried out strikes on multiple targets in eight locations in Yemen on Monday evening,” the material says. The US and UK used Tomahawk missiles launched from warships and submarines, as well as fighter jets, to destroy Houthi missile depots, drones and launch sites. A number of officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands contributed to the mission, including through intelligence and surveillance. The UK Ministry of Defense confirmed that four British aircraft hit multiple targets at two military installations in the vicinity of Sanaa airfield with precision bombs. The department called the weakening of the Houthis the goals of the strikes. One senior U.S. military official told reporters the strikes dropped 25 to 30 munitions and hit several targets. As Regnum reported, on the night of January 12, the United States and Great Britain launched military strikes against multiple targets of the Houthis Ansar Allah in Yemen. Later, an American official, on condition of anonymity, told Al Jazeera that the strikes carried out by the United States and Great Britain against the Houthis had achieved their goals. The US Air Force press service reported that the military carried out strikes on 60 targets at 16 targets of the Yemeni Houthis. The US Air Force used more than a hundred precision-guided munitions of various types to carry out the strikes. On January 18, the United States confirmed a new attack on Houthi missile launchers in Yemen. Thus, the United States attacked 14 missile launchers of the Yemeni Houthis. Following the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis opposed Israeli actions, threatened strikes and said they would not allow associated ships to pass through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait until the operation in the Palestinian enclave ceases. According to US Central Command estimates, the Houthis have attacked more than 20 ships and civilian vessels in the Red Sea since mid-November. At the same time, nothing threatens Russian and Chinese ships in the Red Sea, noted Mohammed al-Bahiti, a member of the Ansar Allah Politburo (Houthis) |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Wonderful. What about crushing C2? Too many Iranians? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-24 07:40 |