2024-04-09T05:34:42+00:00
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/ The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed on Tuesday that US forces destroyed “an air defense system with two missiles ready to be launched, and a ground control station in the areas controlled by the Houthis in Yemen.”
The US Central Command added in a statement that a drone launched by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen over the Red Sea was also destroyed.
Centcom said in a statement: “On April 8, between approximately 12:15 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. (Sanaa time), US Central Command forces succeeded in engaging and destroying an air defense system with two ready-to-launch missiles, a ground control station, and a drone.” A pilot in areas controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen over the Red Sea region.
Centcom added in its statement: “In addition, on April 7, at approximately 8:00 a.m. (Sanaa time), an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from a Houthi-controlled area in Yemen towards the Gulf of Aden, where a coalition ship was located, was destroyed.” “The vessel is accompanied by M/V Hope Island, a Marshall Islands-flagged, United Kingdom-owned and Italian-operated coalition cargo ship.”
US Central Command explained: “This was the fifth missile detected against the coalition ship M/V Hope Island. No casualties or damage were reported by US ships, coalition ships, or merchant ships.”
Centcom stressed that US Central Command is “committed to protecting freedom of navigation and making international waters protected and safer for coalition ships and commercial vessels.”