Houthi fighters attacked the US warships with missiles and drones as they sailed off the coast of Yemen. Pentagon has confirmed this development, with the armed group claiming it attacked the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and two US destroyers.
Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder said that the United States military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) forces “successfully repelled multiple Houthi attacks during a transit of the Bab al-Mandeb strait”, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
He told reporters that two US-guided missile destroyers – the USS Stockdale and USS Spruance – were attacked by at least eight one-way attack drones, five anti-ship ballistic missiles, and three anti-ship cruise missiles.
All the Houthi drones and missiles “were successfully engaged and defeated”, and neither of the US Navy ships were damaged or personnel hurt, he said.
Ryder added that he was not aware of any attacks against the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Houthi fighters announced that they had carried out two “specific military operations” against the US Navy in an assault lasting eight hours.
“The first operation targeted the American aircraft carrier (Abraham) located in the Arabian Sea with a number of cruise missiles and drones,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement.
