Comment: This claim is as yet unverifiable because, like all other apparent hits on US or UK navy ships, the imperial forces have imposed strict 'no comment' information blackouts...
Yemen's Armed Forces announced in a statement on 31 May that it targeted Washington's USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea in response to the US-UK airstrikes on the country that left dozens of casualties the previous day.
"In response to these crimes ... the missile force and the naval force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a joint military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea. The operation was carried out with a number of winged and ballistic missiles, and the hit was accurate and direct," army spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said.
"The Yemeni armed forces will not hesitate to respond directly and immediately to every new aggression on Yemeni territory," Saree added.
The USS Eisenhower was initially deployed to the region on 13 October, just days after Hamas' Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
Comment: Meanwhile a number of the West's ships have already fled: Yemen's 'uninhibited' attacks drive French warship out of Red Sea
The aircraft carrier briefly withdrew from the Red Sea in April before returning earlier this month. It has been deeply involved in efforts to intercept Yemen's continuous pro-Palestine operations targeting Israeli-linked vessels and ships heading to Israeli ports.
US and UK warplanes carried out intense airstrikes targeting several Yemeni provinces on 30 May, destroying civilian infrastructure and killing dozens. The strikes killed 16 people and injured 41 more.
According to Saree's statement, the total number of civilians and military personnel killed and wounded since the start of the US-led campaign against Yemen now stands at 58.
The airstrikes came two days after the Yemeni armed forces announced they downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone worth $30 million, marking the sixth of its kind since November.
Comment: Yemenis showing their catch:
Washington and London have, since January, been waging a brutal campaign of airstrikes against Yemen in response to the pro-Palestine naval operations that the Ansarallah movement and Yemeni army began in November last year.
The start of the US-led war against Yemen prompted Yemeni forces to begin targeting US and British vessels alongside those linked to or bound for Israel.
The western campaign has done nothing to deter the Yemenis. US and EU maritime task forces have failed to progress in preventing attacks on ships in the Red Sea, Arab Sea, Indian Ocean, and elsewhere, which have resulted in a strain on both the Israeli economy and international shipping as a whole.
Officials in Sanaa have repeatedly stated that they will not stop their attacks until there is a ceasefire in Gaza and a lifting of the Israeli siege.
When they sail against China and Russia, everything will coming up roses ...