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CENTCOM: USS Carney Launched Tomahawk Land Attack Missile Against Houthi Radar Site – HEATHER MONGILIO JANUARY 12, 2024 11:09 PM

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) patrols in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Dec. 6. US Navy Photo

USS Carney (DDG-64) launched a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile against a Houthi radar site in Yemen at 3:45 a.m. local time Saturday, U.S. Central Command announced in a Friday night release.

The strike comes the day after the U.S. and United Kingdom launched a series of strikes across 28 locations in Yemen, with multiple targets hit, USNI News previously reported. The U.S. and U.K. strikes, supported by Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, were in response to the Houthis’ attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. There have been 28 attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since Nov. 19, according to the Central Command release.

The 28th attack was a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis Friday following the Thursday strikes. While Central Command counts attacks since Nov. 19, the Houthis first began firing toward the Red Sea and Israel as early as Oct. 19, when Carney shot down a number of drones and missiles launched by the Houthis toward Israel.

While U.S. ships like Carney are currently part of Operation Prosperity Guardian, the strikes are separate from the defensive coalition.

Carrier Air Wing 3 from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS Gravely (DDG-107), USS Mason (DDG-87) and USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) were involved in the Thursday strikes, USNI News previously reported. An Ohio-class submarine, likely USS Florida (SSGN-728), was also involved.

At least 80 Tomahawks were fired as part of the strikes, according to Military.com.

Outside of the ballistic missile, which did not hit any ships in the Red Sea, the Houthis have not retaliated, but the Department of Defense does expect a response, Director of the Joint Forces Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims told reporters Friday.

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Houthis Fire Anti-Ship Missile at USS Laboon – HEATHER MONGILIO JANUARY 14, 2024 11:17 PM

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG-58) transits the Suez Canal, Dec. 18. US Navy Photo

U.S. fighter aircraft shot down an anti-ship cruise missile the Houthis fired toward USS Laboon (DDG-58), U.S. Central Command announced Sunday night.

Central Command’s release did not specify the aircraft that shot down the missile or the military branch. The fighter aircraft shot down the missile off the coast of Al-Hudaydah, according to the release.

There were no reports of damage or injury following the strike.

The attack on Laboon comes after two days of strikes by the U.S. and the United Kingdom on Houthi targets in Yemen. During the strikes, which involved a number of warships and aircraft, the U.S. and U.K. hit sites that included radar systems, production facilities and munition depots, USNI News previously reported.

The Houthis promised retaliation for the strikes. Yemeni Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah gave the United Nations a letter of protest against the U.S. and U.K. strikes.

Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam took to social media site X to call the strikes a “blatant violation of national sovereignty.”

“On top of the 100 days of Israeli aggression against Gaza, we affirm that the hostile measures by America against Yemen will not prevent the armed forces from continuing to implement their religious, humanitarian and moral commitment in support of the Palestinian people and their valiant resistance by continuing to target ships belonging to the enemy entity and heading to the ports of occupied Palestine until the aggression stops and the siege on Gaza,” Abdulsalam said on X.

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