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2024-06-03 Arabia
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US forces shoot down two Houthi missiles and a drone in the Red Sea
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The US military shot down a drone and two anti-ship ballistic missiles of the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) in the Red Sea. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced this on June 2 on the X social network.
“The drone and anti-ship ballistic missiles have been determined to pose an immediate threat to US, allied forces and commercial shipping in the region,” the report said.
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It is clarified that the Houthis fired missiles towards the American warship Gravely, after which they were destroyed for “self-defense purposes”, and they did not cause any damage.
CENTCOM clarified that the US military shot down one Houthi drone in the southern Red Sea and two more UAVs fell into the water.
As Regnum reported, earlier on June 2, Ansar Allah military representative Yahya Saria announced a Houthi attack on the American aircraft carrier Dwight Eisenhower and a US destroyer in the Red Sea. According to him, the Houthis used several missiles and drones for this.
The Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operations Office (UKMTO) reported on June 1 that a ship had been attacked off the coast of Yemen. It was noted that the crew and the ship were not injured as a result.
The American magazine Foreign Policy wrote on May 30 that the actions of the Houthis in the Red Sea forced Western cargo carriers to consider the Northern Sea Route as an alternative route for delivering goods. It was noted that for this, Western countries will have to negotiate with Russia.
The Houthis began attacks on Israeli-linked ships in the fall of 2023 after the conflict in the Middle East escalated and the Israeli army launched a ground operation in the Gaza Strip in support of the Palestinian Hamas movement. These attacks led to a decrease in the level of maritime transport and its rise in cost. The US and UK have been
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