US Dismisses Claims That Yemen’s Houthis Struck Aircraft Carrier in Red Sea

Online rumors are ‘100-percent false,’ a Defense Department spokesperson told The Epoch Times.

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) crosses the Arabian Sea, June 12, 2020. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Aaron Bewkes

U.S. defense officials have rejected claims that Yemen’s Ansar Allah group, also known as the Houthis, succeeded in striking—and damaging—an American aircraft carrier in the Red Sea last week.

“There is no truth to the Houthi claim of striking the USS Eisenhower or any U.S. Navy vessel,” U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement carried by media outlets on June 5.