Amid escalating tensions in the Red Sea, the U.S. Central Command announced that the Houthis launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles towards the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. In a statement via X platform on Friday, it added that two missiles were launched towards the Gulf of Aden and two others towards the Red Sea on Thursday morning and during the early hours of Friday. It also noted that there were no reports of injuries or damage to U.S. or coalition ships as a result of the attack.
In a related update, the U.S. Central Command reported that between 6:50 a.m. on March 14 and 12:40 a.m. on March 15 (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi militants fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the Gulf of Aden and two additional missiles towards the Red Sea.
In response, it was indicated that nine anti-ship missiles and two Houthi drones were destroyed in their controlled areas in Yemen yesterday. This followed hours after the British Maritime Trade Operations issued a report early stating that it had received notice of two missiles flying over a vessel 50 nautical miles southwest of Hodeidah, Yemen. The captain reported the passage of the two missiles and hearing explosions in the distance, confirming no damage and that the crew was safe.
These developments occurred after Houthi leader Abdel Malik Al-Houthi hinted in a speech last evening that his supporters' operations would extend to prevent vessels linked to Israel from even passing through the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope.
