Houthis Claim Combined Attack on U.S. Aircraft Carrier

Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah group claimed to have carried out a combined drone and missile attack on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea.

This statement was made by Yahya Saree, a representative of the Houthi armed forces.

“Missile forces and unmanned forces conducted a joint military operation, attacking the U.S. aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman and a number of ships accompanying it in the northern part of the Red Sea using cruise missiles and drones,” Saree stated on the air of the Houthi-owned Al-Masirah TV channel.

At the same time, the United States does not acknowledge the attack on the aircraft carrier and its escort ships.

This is the sixth claim of an attack on this aircraft carrier in a month since it arrived in the Red Sea in mid-December 2024.

The aircraft carrier group was deployed to the Red Sea as part of Operation Prosperity Guardian, aimed at fighting the Yemeni Houthis, helping to intercept missiles targeting Israel. And also to participate in strikes against ISIS terrorists in Syria and other regions.

The United States announced the launch of the Prosperity Guardian multinational special security operation to protect shipping in the Red Sea at the end of December 2023.

In addition to the United States, the international mission was joined by: the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the Seychelles, Spain, and the United States.

The operation was launched because of Houthi attacks on merchant ships passing through the Red Sea from Yemen. At the same time, the Houthis announced their intention to attack all ships in the Red Sea heading to Israel, regardless of who owns them.

Since then, the Houthis have regularly attacked merchant and military ships in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. And the international coalition has been conducting missile and air strikes against Houthi military targets.

Recently, a U.S. missile cruiser accidentally shot down an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet while it was flying over the Red Sea.

The plane was shot down by the missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64), which is part of the carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).