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The footage is of American planes going to conduct airstrike on Yemen.
The US Navy on Sunday shot down one of its own fighter jets by firing a missile in the Red Sea. This incident happened during the airstrike on Houthi rebels in Yemen. Both the pilots on board the plane have survived safely.
The American Central Command said that this incident happened by mistake. F/A-18 aircraft has crashed in the accident. This aircraft attacked USS Harry S. Took off from the Truman aircraft carrier. The aircraft was accidentally attacked by the USS Gettysburg missile cruiser after takeoff.
USS Gettysburg is an American guided missile cruiser, which shoots down enemy aircraft and missiles in the air.
Houthi positions were targeted in Yemen
The US Army carried out airstrikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa late Saturday night and attacked rebel positions. In these attacks, the missile storage center and command center of the Houthi rebels were targeted.
According to the US Army, it has carried out this airstrike to prevent attacks by Houthi rebels on US Navy warships and cargo ships in the Southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and the Gulf of Aden. The army said that it has also shot down several drones and a cruise missile of Houthi rebels.
The US and Britain have intensified attacks on Houthi rebel positions in Yemen in the past few months. The US Army had reported that the aircraft carrier Truman had reached the Middle East on 15 December. However, it was not made clear then that he had been deployed in the Red Sea. Since then, American attacks have increased.
Attacked with B2 bomber in October.
On October 17, the US Air Force bombed the positions of Houthi rebels in Yemen. US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin had said that the Air Force targeted 5 targets near Yemen’s capital Sanaa with B-2 stealth bombers.
According to Austin, President Biden had given instructions for this attack. These attacks were aimed at destroying the weapons of Houthi rebels. Houthi rebels also confirmed the attack. However, he did not give any information about the amount of loss incurred. Houthi’s deputy head Nasruddin Amer had said that America will have to pay the price.
Just a month before the attack, the US had deployed B-2 stealth bombers at the secret military base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
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