US Navy aircraft carrier faces relentless battle against Houthi attacks - BBC News

The BBC gets rare access to a US aircraft carrier trying to protect merchant vessels in the Red Sea.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, BBC/Maarten LernoutImage caption, The USS Dwight D Eisenhower has been involved in strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen since JanuaryBy Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent, USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrierIt's not just merchant ships being targeted by the Houthis in the Red Sea. The US carrier strike group trying to protect them has also been under constant threat too.

The BBC is the first British media to visit the USS Dwight D Eisenhower since it began this mission in November.

"This is deadly stuff," says Captain Dave Wroe, who commands the four US Navy destroyers which provide the extra protection for the carrier.

It arrived soon after Yemen's Houthi's began to target merchant vessels - they say in response to Israel's assault on Gaza.

Captain Wroe lists the threats they've been facing over the past four months: anti-ship ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned surface vessels, and now unmanned underwater vessels, or UUVs, all loaded with explosives.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68595451

---