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Hutis rebels For the first time he fired superficial missiles (SAM) in an US F-16 combat plane. UU. On February 19, three senior US defense officials tell Fox News.
The plane was flying from Yemen coast About the Red Sea when the Sam was fired. The missile did not hit the plane.
Houthis shot another Sam to a MQ-9 Reaper American drone that the United States was flying over Yemen outside the areas controlled by Houthi on February 19.
This is the first time that the hutis have triggered a Sam missile in an American F16 combat plane, a significant escalation in the ongoing military interactions between the group backed by Iran and the US Navy. UU. And the Air Force, the Air Force, according to senior defense officials of the United States.
Houthi supporters march to commemorate the anniversary of the Yemení Unit in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
The US Navy ships repel the Hutis attack in Aden’s Gulf
Under him Biden administration The United States Army defended its war ships patrolling the Strait of the Red Sea and Bab al Mandab, escorting and avoiding attacks on commercial ships by the hutis after the attack of October 7, 2023 in Israel by Hamas.
Hutis attacks began shortly after the Israeli army responded to October 7 in Gaza. The United States Central Command then intensified its attacks against hutis to degrade infrastructure and arms storage facilities.
Now there is a political debate at the highest levels of the US army about what is the best way to counteract the hutis, than the Trump administration He has returned to the list of terrorists of the State Department.
The debate now is whether to carry out a more traditional anti -terrorism approach for the hutis, with persistent strikes aimed at the people who plan and carry out continuous attacks, or whether to adopt a more defensive approach and move on with the infrastructure of Houthi and Weapon storage facilities.
President Donald Trump; Huti combatants that mount military vehicles. (Getty images)
An anti-terrorism approach would be a significant escalation, and, according to some, expensive, at a time when military resources, including MQ-9 Reaper drones, are being diverted to the southern border.
The political decision will eventually be decided by the White House.
The main military leaders believe that it could only be a matter of time before an Hutí missile hit a ship from the US Navy. Red from shortly after October 7. attacks.
This is a location map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. A possible attack by the Hutis rebels of Yemen on Monday pointed to a ship further from almost all the previous assaults that have launched in the Gulf of Adén, the authorities said, potentially part of a wide escalation by the group. (Photo AP)
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Until now, the Navy has demolished or intercepted all missiles and drones fired against their war ships by the hutis, but sometimes the interceptions have occurred seconds before the impact.
There have been numerous nearby calls, and the US Navy. 2 and SM- 3 missiles to counteract Houthi harassment.
