U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

The U.S. military unleashed B-2 stealth bombers to target underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, a major escalation in the American response to the rebels’ attacks on Mideast shipping lanes that appeared to be a warning to Iran as well.

While it wasn’t immediately clear how much damage the strikes caused, the attack appeared to be the first use of the B-2 in combat in years and the first time the flying wing targeted sites in Yemen.

In announcing the strikes against the Houthis, who have been attacking ships for months in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas warin the Gaza Strip, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a point to offer a warning likely heard in Tehran as well.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•2 months ago

    These flew from US mainland into Yemen and bombed protected / hidden sites THEN flew back home.

    That’s how the B-2s normally operate. I forget the name of the airbase (I think it starts with a “B”?) but it’s somewhere in the center of the US, and they do their missions straight out of the continental US.

    kagis

    No, not a “B”. Whiteman Air Force Base.

    • @cubism_pittaEnglish
      6•2 months ago

      It is, but thats an important detail about the capability of the B-2 that can be lost without pointing out.

    • @postmateDumbassEnglish
      -1•2 months ago

      No way the USA keeps their best weapons at a place called Blackman…