Houthi rebels For the first time, rockets were shot from the surface to the air (SAMS) on a F-16 fighter jet, February 19, three senior US defense officials say Fox News.
The jet flew out of the shore of Yemen Across the Red Sea when he was fired. The rocket did not hit the jet.
Houthis fired another on Sam on the American MQ-9 Reaper, which has now flying over the Yemen outside the Houthi area control on February 19th.
This is the first time Houthhi have fired a Rocket on the SAM in the US F16 Fighter Fine, significant escalation in current military interactions between the Iranian group and the US Navy and Air Force, according to senior US defense officials.
Houthi supporters march to mark the anniversary of the Yemeni unity in Sani, Yemen, on Wednesday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
On the Navy Navy Navy, they repel the Houthis attack in the Gulf of Aden
Under Biden administration The US army defended its warships that patrolled the Red Sea and Bab Al Mandab Strait, following and preventing the attacks on commercial ships by Houthis after October 7, 2023, an attack in Israel by Hamas.
Houthi attacks began shortly after the Israeli army replied on October 7th in Gaza. The US Central Command then escalated her attacks on Houthis to degrade infrastructure and weapons storage.
There is now a discussion of politics at the highest levels of the US Army about what is the best way to oppose the Houthis, what Trump administration He returned to the terrorist list of state department.
The debate is now whether it will carry out more traditional counter -houtrism to Houthis, with permanent strikes that target individuals who plan and carry out current attacks or whether to take a more defensive approach and continue after Houth infrastructure and storage of weapons for weapons storage.
President Donald Trump; Houth fighters riding military vehicles. (Getty Images)
Overwers are mounted at home and abroad, as they avoid direct action against the Houthhi rebels
An approach to counter-tourism would be significant and some say, expensive-Eskalatia at a time when military resources, including MQ-9 Reaper Drones, are diverted to the southern border.
The decision on politics will eventually have to decide on the White House.
Older military leaders believe that it could only be a matter of time before the Houthhi Raket hit the US Navy ship, which could cause devastating injuries and damage to the aircraft and destroyers who patrol the red sea from shortly after October 7th. attacks.
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital Sanaa. A possible attack by the Hoech rebels on Monday aimed on a ship beyond almost all the previous attacks that they launched in the Bay of Aden, the officials said, a potential part of the wider escalation by the group. (AP Photo)
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So far, the Navy has broken or intercepted all the rockets and unmanned spacecraft that Houthi shot their warships, but sometimes interceptions occurred a second before the impact.
There have been numerous close calls, and the US Navy has essentially been at the war in the Red Sea for the last two years, facing almost constant attacks of ballistic and cruise and drones, and cracking of expensive SM-2 and sm-3 rockets to control Houthhi’s harassment.
