The United States has attacked five military sites controlled by Houthi forces in Yemen by using B-2 bombers for precision strikes against weapons storage locations.
“U.S. forces targeted several of the Houthis’ underground facilities housing various weapons components of types that the Houthis have used to target civilian and military vessels throughout the region,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said in a statement.
“This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified.”
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Houthis in Yemen, Iranian proxy groups in Tehran and Hezbollah terrorists during military exercises along the border with Israel. (Photos: Houthis: AP photos| Flags: NurPhoto via Getty Images| Hezbollah: AP Hassan Amar. (Fox News)
Austin said the employment of U.S. Air…