US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers have been deployed to conduct strikes against five underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled regions of Yemen.

The strikes targeted hardened, underground sites near Yemen’s capital city of Sanaa and the city of Saada, where the Houthis have been reportedly storing weapons components used in attacks on civilian and military vessels transiting the Red Sea. 

“At the direction of President Biden, I authorized these targeted strikes to further degrade the Houthis’ capability to continue their destabilizing behavior and to protect and defend U.S. forces and personnel in one of the world’s most critical waterways,” US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said in a statement. “The United States will not hesitate to take action to defend American lives and assets; to deter attacks against civilians and our regional partners; and to protect freedom of navigation and increase the safety and security in these waterways.” 

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