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☆ A UK destroyer scored the Royal Navy's first missile kill since the Gulf War, when one of its warships pulled off another historic first
  + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Read previewA UK warship on Wednesday shot down a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis in Yemen, marking the Royal Navy's first such kill since the Gulf War more than 30 years ago. AdvertisementA view shows HMS Diamond in the Red Sea on Operation Prosperity Guardian, in this handout image taken on January 6, 2024. Related storiesDuring the Gulf War, the Type 42 destroyer HMS Gloucester used Sea Dart missiles to destroy an Iraqi silkworm anti-ship missile that was targeting an American warship. That engagement marked the first time anti-air missiles successfully destroyed an enemy missile threat during a battle at sea. The HMS Diamond, a UK warship, responds to a Houthi attack on Jan. 9, 2023.
Persons: —, CENTCOM, Diamond, Chris Sellars, Handout, Grant Shapps Organizations: Service, Royal, Viper, Business, US Central Command, Prosperity, REUTERS, The Times, Royal Navy, UK Ministry of Defense, US Navy Locations: Yemen, Gulf, Aden, Gloucester, Iraqi, American, Gulf of Aden
☆ The UK sent a new warship to the Red Sea to take over from a vessel that's been attacked three times by Houthi rebels
  + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The UK has sent a warship to the Red Sea to replace another vessel, per the Ministry of Defence. HMS Richmond will take command of the UK's mission in the region, supporting US operations, it added. AdvertisementThe UK Ministry of Defence said that one of its warships was being replaced in the Red Sea after it suffered three separate attacks by Houthi rebels. The HMS Richmond will replace the HMS Diamond in the waters, the ministry announced in a press statement on Tuesday. AdvertisementMeanwhile, HMS Richmond will assume command of the UK's operation in the Red Sea.
Persons: Houthi, HMS, —, HMS Diamond, Peter Evans, Grant Shapps, Brian Raymond, Yahya Saree Organizations: Ministry of Defence, MOD, Service, HMS, Operation Prosperity Guardian, Royal Marines, Wildcat, Pentagon, Prosperity Guardian, US Navy SEAL, US Locations: Red, HMS Richmond, Iran, Iranian, Richmond, Gaza
☆ Missiles that a UK warship has used to shoot down Houthi threats are getting the ability to battle new targets
  + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The UK is planning to upgrade the missiles that it's used to destroy Houthi drones in the Red Sea. Sea Viper, an advanced air-defense system, is getting updated missiles and a software upgrade. AdvertisementThe UK plans to upgrade the missiles that one of the Royal Navy's warships has used to shoot down Houthi drones. Shapps confirmed in mid-December that the HMS Diamond fired a Sea Viper missile to destroy a drone targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea. AdvertisementThe HMS Diamond, a UK warship, responds to a Houthi attack on Jan. 9, 2023.
Persons: —, Diamond, Chris Sellars, Handout, Grant Shapps, Shapps, HMS Diamond, Anthony Rimington Organizations: Service, Royal, UK Ministry of Defense, Royal Navy, Prosperity, REUTERS, HMS, French Navy, US Navy, Sunday, US Central Command Locations: Red, Iran, Yemen, Gulf of Aden, British
☆ US air strikes on Yemen have cut off key supply lines from Iran to the Houthis: report
  + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The US and UK launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen last week. They cut off key supply lines from Iran to Yemen, Western officials told Bloomberg. AdvertisementThe US and UK air strikes have cut off key supply lines from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen, Bloomberg reported, citing Western officials. The report referred to the US and the UK strikes on January 9 and January 11. The US and its allies have been engaged in yearslong efforts to stop Iran from supplying weapons to Houthi fighters in Yemen .
Persons: —, Diamond, CENTCOM, Iran hasn't, Mark Cancian Organizations: US, Bloomberg, Service, Western, Business, US Central Command, US Navy, US Marine, Center for Strategic, International Studies Locations: Yemen, Iran, Gulf of Oman
☆ The US gave the Houthis a final warning. The Iran-backed rebels answered with their biggest-ever missile and drone attack.
  + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementUS Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea on October 19, 2023. Advertisement"Ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are illegal, unacceptable, and profoundly destabilizing," the statement read. Retaliatory strikes against the Houthis would not be unprecedented — the Pentagon did so in 2016 following attacks by the rebels — but they would be escalatory. The Houthis, meanwhile, are not the only Iranian proxy group that has clashed with the US since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
Persons: —, I'm, Antony Blinken, Carney, MCS2 Aaron Lau, Houthi, Mohammed Hamoud, HMS, Grant Shapps, Barbara Woodward, We've, John Kirby, CENTCOM, Biden Organizations: Service, Business, US, Navy, US Navy, Pentagon, Getty, Biden, US Central Command, British, Royal Navy, United Nations, National Security Locations: Yemen, Iran, Washington, Bahrain, American, Israel, Amran, Anadolu, Red, Suez, Tehran, Iraq, Syria
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