The US military carried out “self-defense strikes” against Houthi missiles and a launcher prepared to fire from Yemen towards the Red Sea on Wednesday, US Central Command announced.
Between 12 am and 6:45 pm local time on Wednesday, four self-defense strikes were launched in response to seven Houthi mobile anti-ship cruise missiles and one mobile anti-ship ballistic missile launcher aimed at the Red Sea, the agency said.
Additionally, in an act of self-defense, CENTCOM said its forces shot down a one-way attack unmanned aerial system.
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US Central Command announced more “self-defense strikes” against Houthi terrorists in Yemen after US forces located missiles and a launcher prepared to fire into the Red Sea. (Mass Communications Spc. 2nd Class Moisés Sandoval/US Navy via AP)
The missiles, launchers and drone system were determined to have come from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
CENTCOM said they “posed an imminent threat to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy vessels in the region” and were destroyed.
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“These actions will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer for the U.S. Navy and merchant ships,” CENTCOM concluded.
CENTCOM and the State Department have been adamant in recent days in condemning Houthi aggression in the Red Sea against military and civilian ships.
A model of a Houthi missile is carried during a protest in Sanaa, Yemen, against the war in Gaza and the US-led airstrikes against the Houthis on February 16. (Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Ahead of Wednesday's self-defense strikes, U.S. and coalition forces shot down 11 one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles, one anti-ship cruise missile and one surface-to-air missile launcher located in Houthi-controlled Yemen since the 19th. of February. , according to CENTCOM announcements.
Fox News' Liz Friden contributed to this report.
