US says it struck S Houthi targets in Yemen

WASHINGTON – The United States struck five Houthi military targets, including an undersea drone, in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Feb. 17, the US military announced on Feb. 18.

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The use of the underwater drone is believed to have been the first time that the Iran-backed Houthis had employed such a weapon since they began their campaign against ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden on Oct. 23, the military’s Central Command said in a statement.

US military officials provided few details of what they called an “unmanned underwater vessel,” but the Houthis have received much of their drone and missile technology from Iran. In addition to the underwater drone, the Houthis were also using a remotely piloted boat, the statement said.