The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely intercepted anti-ship ballistic missiles headed toward the commercial ship Maersk Detroit Wednesday. This is the first attack by the Houthis in six days.

The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.

The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely shot down two missiles and a third fell into the water. There were no indications of damage or injuries in the attack.

The U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis to degrade their capabilities since Jan.11, after several weeks of attacks on commercial ships by the militant group.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    67·
    9 months ago

    the Houthis can stop all hostilities by stopping attacking international trade vessels.

    Yeah, that’s bullshit. A Saudi-led coalition has been bombing the shit out of them with American weapons for several years now.

    I don’t in any way condone terrorism under any circumstances, but to pretend that there’s not been any previous acts of oppressive violence to radicalize them is as unhelpful as it is (wilfully?) ignorant.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      9 months ago

      I don’t disagree there, but this is what I meant by leverage. “We’ll stop attacking if you stop helping the Saudis”. It wasn’t too long ago that the Houthis actually considered the US as a friendly state.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        35·
        9 months ago

        Wilfully ignorant it is.

        There’s no way the US government is ever going to make any such deal, much less honor it.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
            34·
            9 months ago

            Yeah because clearly they’re the ones with all the power here. Next you’re gonna say that Palestinians can stop the Gaza genocide any time they want 🙄

            • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
              14·
              9 months ago

              The Gaza genocide is because Israel dislikes the Palestinians existing. These attacks are because the US/UK dislike the Houthis attacking commercial vessels.

              You’re insulting Palestinians by suggesting there’s any similarity, and actually playing into the Israeli narrative that Palestinians are being violent. Well done.

              • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
                42·
                9 months ago

                No. The reason I mentioned Gaza was because there’s a genocide happening in Yemen too.

                This didn’t start with Houthis attacking container ships recently. It’s been almost a decade of atrocities and you’re pretending that it’s a black and white case of a couple isolated incidents easily resolved. Well fucking done.