BRITISH warship HMS Richmond final night time destroyed two assault Houthi drones with highly effective Sea Ceptor missiles.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps introduced the profitable response to one more assault by the rebels.
Fifteen drones fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis within the Crimson Sea and Gulf of Aden had been shot down by the US and its allies this morning, in keeping with authorities.
US Central Command stated it had responded to a “large-scale” assault involving unmanned aerial autos that offered “an imminent risk to service provider vessels, US navy and coalition ships within the area”.
It added that its navy ships and plane, together with “a number of coalition navy ships and plane”, shot down 15 drones.
British warship HMS Richmond downed two of the assault drones, in keeping with Britain’s defence secretary.
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Mr Shapps stated this afternoon: “Final night time, HMS Richmond used its Sea Ceptor missiles to shoot down two assault drones – efficiently repelling one more unlawful assault by the Iranian backed Houthis.
“The UK and our allies will proceed to take the motion vital to save lots of lives and shield freedom of navigation.”
Sea Ceptor missiles can shield an space the scale of Larger Manchester – 500 sq. miles, in keeping with the Royal Navy.
The US combatant command stated the Houthi assault was carried out between 4am and 6.30am Sanaa time, or 1am and three.30am UK time.
Houthi rebels right now claimed to have launched one in all their largest assaults on US delivery within the Crimson Sea and Gulf of Aden.
They stated they despatched 37 drones to assault US navy conflict ships and a industrial ship, the Singapore-flagged Propel Fortune, and known as their mission a hit – however offered no proof.
Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt additionally helped in repelling the assaults, capturing down 4 Houthi drones within the Crimson Sea on Friday night time.
The commander on the Iver Huitfeldt, Capt Sune Lund, stated: “At a bit of after 4am native time we recognised a drone which was heading in direction of Iver Huitfeldt and the encircling ships.
“After ensuring it was an enemy, we engaged and defeated it. Over the following hour this occurred three extra occasions,” The Guardian stories.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched repeated strikes on worldwide industrial delivery within the Crimson Sea since mid-November, purportedly in solidarity with Palestinians amid the continuing conflict in Gaza.
A number of delivery firms have been pressured to reroute their vessels passing by way of the Suez Canal and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to take an extended various route round South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
And such adjustments have resulted in main delays and impacted firms together with Suzuki, Tesla, BP, Shell, Qatar Energy, DHL, FedEx, Adidas, Marks & Spencer, Next, Primark, Sainsbury’s, and Target.
The worth of world delivery containers jumped by greater than 300 per cent between November and January.
The UK and the US have been finishing up joint airstrikes in opposition to the Houthis in latest weeks to attempt to cease their assaults on delivery.
Britain deployed HMS Richmond to the Red Sea in January to bolster the Royal Navy’s presence within the area as Houthi rebels refused to release their grip on one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
The Sort 23 frigate set sail from Plymouth armed with 32 Sea Captor missiles and a Wildcat helicopter.
HMS Richmond joined the destroyer HMS Diamond, frigate HMS Lancaster, a squadron of three mine looking vessels HMS Bangor, HMS Chiddingfold and HMS Middleton and the help ship RFA Cardigan Bay.
A defence supply informed The Solar on the time that HMS Richmond would enable different vessels to rotate by way of ports with out tweaking the Royal Navy presence.
Days later, British and US warships shot down a barrage of 18 drones and three missiles fired in direction of the Crimson Sea by the rebels.
The coordinated blitz, involving Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond and American warships, adopted one other Houthi assault.
US Central Command stated the “advanced assault” included bomb-carrying drones, anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile.
It claimed 18 drones, two cruise missiles and the anti-ship missile had been downed by F-18s from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, American Arleigh Burke-class destroyers the USS Gravely, the USS Laboon and the USS Mason, in addition to the UK’s HMS Diamond.
HMS Diamond blasted seven of the 18 drones out of the sky.
BRITISH warship HMS Richmond final night time destroyed two assault Houthi drones with highly effective Sea Ceptor missiles.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps introduced the profitable response to one more assault by the rebels.
Fifteen drones fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis within the Crimson Sea and Gulf of Aden had been shot down by the US and its allies this morning, in keeping with authorities.
US Central Command stated it had responded to a “large-scale” assault involving unmanned aerial autos that offered “an imminent risk to service provider vessels, US navy and coalition ships within the area”.
It added that its navy ships and plane, together with “a number of coalition navy ships and plane”, shot down 15 drones.
British warship HMS Richmond downed two of the assault drones, in keeping with Britain’s defence secretary.
Learn extra on Crimson Sea tensions
Mr Shapps stated this afternoon: “Final night time, HMS Richmond used its Sea Ceptor missiles to shoot down two assault drones – efficiently repelling one more unlawful assault by the Iranian backed Houthis.
“The UK and our allies will proceed to take the motion vital to save lots of lives and shield freedom of navigation.”
Sea Ceptor missiles can shield an space the scale of Larger Manchester – 500 sq. miles, in keeping with the Royal Navy.
The US combatant command stated the Houthi assault was carried out between 4am and 6.30am Sanaa time, or 1am and three.30am UK time.
Houthi rebels right now claimed to have launched one in all their largest assaults on US delivery within the Crimson Sea and Gulf of Aden.
They stated they despatched 37 drones to assault US navy conflict ships and a industrial ship, the Singapore-flagged Propel Fortune, and known as their mission a hit – however offered no proof.
Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt additionally helped in repelling the assaults, capturing down 4 Houthi drones within the Crimson Sea on Friday night time.
The commander on the Iver Huitfeldt, Capt Sune Lund, stated: “At a bit of after 4am native time we recognised a drone which was heading in direction of Iver Huitfeldt and the encircling ships.
“After ensuring it was an enemy, we engaged and defeated it. Over the following hour this occurred three extra occasions,” The Guardian stories.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched repeated strikes on worldwide industrial delivery within the Crimson Sea since mid-November, purportedly in solidarity with Palestinians amid the continuing conflict in Gaza.
A number of delivery firms have been pressured to reroute their vessels passing by way of the Suez Canal and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to take an extended various route round South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
And such adjustments have resulted in main delays and impacted firms together with Suzuki, Tesla, BP, Shell, Qatar Energy, DHL, FedEx, Adidas, Marks & Spencer, Next, Primark, Sainsbury’s, and Target.
The worth of world delivery containers jumped by greater than 300 per cent between November and January.
The UK and the US have been finishing up joint airstrikes in opposition to the Houthis in latest weeks to attempt to cease their assaults on delivery.
Britain deployed HMS Richmond to the Red Sea in January to bolster the Royal Navy’s presence within the area as Houthi rebels refused to release their grip on one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
The Sort 23 frigate set sail from Plymouth armed with 32 Sea Captor missiles and a Wildcat helicopter.
HMS Richmond joined the destroyer HMS Diamond, frigate HMS Lancaster, a squadron of three mine looking vessels HMS Bangor, HMS Chiddingfold and HMS Middleton and the help ship RFA Cardigan Bay.
A defence supply informed The Solar on the time that HMS Richmond would enable different vessels to rotate by way of ports with out tweaking the Royal Navy presence.
Days later, British and US warships shot down a barrage of 18 drones and three missiles fired in direction of the Crimson Sea by the rebels.
The coordinated blitz, involving Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond and American warships, adopted one other Houthi assault.
US Central Command stated the “advanced assault” included bomb-carrying drones, anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile.
It claimed 18 drones, two cruise missiles and the anti-ship missile had been downed by F-18s from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, American Arleigh Burke-class destroyers the USS Gravely, the USS Laboon and the USS Mason, in addition to the UK’s HMS Diamond.
HMS Diamond blasted seven of the 18 drones out of the sky.