Moment ships launch missiles to destroy Houthi targets as all-out war fears grow
Dramatic video released by the US military shows a barrage of missiles being fired by US warships as the US and UK strike at Iranian-backed Houthi targets in the Red Sea.
The USS Gravely, USS Carney and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower were among the warships to have launched missiles at Houthi forces over the weekend.
The video, released by US Central Command on Sunday night, shows missiles launching from the USS Gravely and USS Carney as well as an F/A-18 fighter jet taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower.
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The attacks were being launched on targets that posed an "imminent threat" to American ships in the Red Sea, the US said. Central Command said on Sunday they had carried out another strike "in self-defence."
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A Houthi land attack cruise missile and four anti-ship cruise missiles which were "prepared to launch" against ships in the Red Sea were the targets of the strikes.
On X/ Twitter, Centcom announced that “on Feb. 4, at approximately 5.30am (Sanaa time), US Central Command forces conducted a strike in self-defense against a Houthi land attack cruise missile.”
US warships carries out strikes as part of an operation against 36 Houthi targets at 13 locations in Iranian-backed Houthi controlled areas of Yemen (Anadolu via Getty Images)It added: “Beginning at 10.30am, US forces struck four anti-ship cruise missiles, all of which were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea.”
A statement read: "US forces identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined they presented an imminent threat to US navy ships and merchant vessels in the region.
"These actions will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US Navy vessels and merchant vessels."
The US and UK struck 36 Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen on Saturday as tensions in the region reached boiling point - shortly after Iraq warned that the Middle East was "on the brink of the abyss."
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower launched warplanes during the attack (Anadolu via Getty Images)Tomahawk cruise missiles, paveway bombs reaper drones, fighter jets and Navy destroyers were used to strike 36 Houthi targets, including Houthi weapon launchers, radar sites, drones and buried weapons facilities at 13 locations, American officials said.
This is the third wave of attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen in the past two weeks. These strikes came hours after the US launched a wave of retaliatory airstrikes on more than 85 sites in Iraq and Syria following the killing of three American soldiers in Jordan.
The US has refused to rule out direct strikes on Iran. Jake Sullivan, the White House National Security Adviser said at the weekend the attacks are "not the end" of US action in the region. When questioned whether the US had taken strikes directly on Iran “off the table” he said the president is "determined to respond forcefully to attacks on our people".
Meanwhile Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree Saree reported there had been 48 airstrikes, saying: “these attacks will not deter us from our… stance in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.”
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