Nine unmanned aerial systems (drones) of Yemen's Houthi terrorists have been destroyed by the US military, as announced.
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As the US Joint Command for the Middle East (CENTCOM, "Central Command") clarified via X's platform, the eight unmanned aerial systems (UAS) were destroyed in Houthi-controlled territory in Yemeni territory and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "over the Gulf of Aden" because they were deemed to "pose an immediate threat".
Their actions have pushed up the cost of insuring ships transiting the Red Sea and forced shipping companies to send their ships around Africa, taking a much longer course.
The Houthis, who control much of the country, have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, maritime areas critical to global trade, since November, saying they were acting in "solidarity" with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, an enclave besieged by Israel in a war with Hamas since Oct. 7.
