U.S. Central Command said Saturday’s singular strike in Yemen hit a Houthi-controlled radar site. The retaliatory strike was the second in two days amid a push back on the rebel group.
U.S. Central Command said « follow-on action » early Saturday local time against a Houthi radar site was conducted by the Navy destroyer USS Carney using Tomahawk land attack missiles. It was the second strike in two days against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
« At 3:45 a.m. (Sana’a time) on Jan 13., U.S. forces conducted a strike against a Houthi radar site in Yemen, » CENTCOM said on X.
It added: « This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and was a follow-on action on a specific military target associated with strikes taken on Jan. 12 designed to degrade the Houthi’s ability to attack maritime vessels, including commercial vessels. »
The strike followed « multilateral coalition strikes » by the U.
