The USS Eisenhower, which coordinated US attacks on Yemen, reportedly fled the Red Sea to escape ‘unstoppable’ Houthi missiles now being tested
from thefreeonline on 23/6/24 by Al Jazeera News/ @army21ye/ Press tv.co.uk
The Ansarallah Movement (Houthis) have in recent weeks been successfully hitting and sinking ships breaking their pro Palestine blockade, and this despite the efforts of the US Aircraft Carrier, anti missile ships, satellite coordination, etc.
The Houthis have announced that they now possess and are testing ‘unstoppable’ hypersonic missiles. Doubt has been cast on that assertion since the USA has been unable to develop them with a $Trillion defense budget.
However Iran does now possess them, and allegedly used one to destroy an Israeli base in the Negev desert, forcing Israel to back down for the first time after the Iranian retaliation attack.
Iran is a Shia ally of the Houthis in their 9 year war against US backed Saudi colonization and may well have passed key information on hypersonic missile construction to the advanced Houthi defense industry.
The invention of Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles at up to 20 times the speed of sound in theory makes prestigious Aircraft Carriers into obsolete ‘sitting ducks’.
The Houthis may be the first to prove this, and the sudden departure of the giant USS Eisenhower, which was directing the attacks on Yemen, without an immediate replacement, may be for fear of its disastrous destruction.
Success of Pro-Palestine Houthi/Hezbollah/Iraqi Resistance blockade
Weakening of western bombing reprisals against the Houthis, which are killing hundreds of civilians, may boost the pro-Palestine Houthi/Hezbollah/Iraqi Resistance blockade and even be a mortal blow to Israeli genocide plans in Gaza and the West Bank.
Israel is extremely dependent on marine supplies and the Houthis and Co. may soon close all Israeli ports, with the help of Iraqi and Lebanese resistance groups.
The Houthi escalation is severely affecting western maritime shipping with tens of $billions in monthly losses, while Russian and Chinese and Brics ships are in principle exempt from attacks. Although little reported this puts pressure on EU, British and US politicians, many of whom receive indirect bribes from Israel.
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Houthis say the commercial vessel hit yesterday was targeted for using an Israeli port as they step up their campaign in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Iran-aligned group, said in a televised announcement on Saturday the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Transworld Navigator was directly hit by ballistic missiles in the Arabian Sea.
The Houthis in Yemen say they launched attacks on a commercial vessel after it used an Israeli port, and on the US aircraft carrier ordered home after months of responding to sea attacks launched because of the war on Gaza.
The US and United Kingdom militaries have launched air raids across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen
“The ship was targeted because the company that owns it violated the ban of entry into the ports of occupied Palestine,” he said, alluding to an earlier threat that all ships docking at Israeli ports would be considered targets.
The attack came after the sinking this week of the ship MV Tutor, which appears to mark a new escalation in the campaign against commercial vessels in vital maritime corridors.
Saree also claimed an attack using ballistic and cruise missiles on the USS Eisenhower, which has led US Navy operations in the region since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.
Report on the first attack on the Eusenhower https://thefreeonline.com/2024/05/31/a-direct-hit-yemen-targets-us-aircraft-carrier-uss-eisenhower-to-defend-gaza-with-ballistic-missiles/
Saree said “the operation has achieved its objectives successfully” without elaborating.
The Houthis and social media accounts supporting them have repeatedly falsely claimed to hit or even sink the aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
The announcement came shortly after US officials reportedly ordered the USS Eisenhower to return home after more than eight months of deployment, with another aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific set to replace it.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported on Friday that a vessel was attacked 126 nautical miles (233km) east of Aden in Yemen. It said the master reported “explosions in the vicinity of the vessel” and the crew is safe.
The Houthis pledged to continue their military operations, which they have said are in support of Palestinians and will only stop when the siege of Gaza is lifted.
The group has launched more than 60 attacks, sunk two commercial ships, seized another, and attacked dozens more since the start of the war.
In March, the Houthis killed three people after one of its antiship ballistic missiles set the Barbados-flagged True Confidence on fire.
The US and United Kingdom militaries have launched air raids across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen to weaken the group’s military capabilities.
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