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A US Navy carrier strike group and a few other warships fired $1.16 billion in weapons battling the Houthis in the Red Sea
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Photos show the USS Eisenhower carrier strike group's 9-month deployment leading the ferocious Houthi fight©US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hunter Day
- Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower recently returned home after a deployment for the history books.
- The aircraft carrier sailed on the front lines of the Red Sea fight against Houthi attacks.
- Photos show the Ike's twice-extended deployment in the Middle East.
A US Navy carrier and its strike group returned home earlier this month after a grueling nine months
fighting Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
During the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's twice-extended deployment, the carrier bore the brunt of the fight in the Red Sea as its air wing and destroyer squadron fended off relentless
Houthi attacks and struck inside Yemen, in the process notching some
firsts in warfare.
The
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, left the Middle East on June 22 and returned to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk on July 14. The Red Sea fight has attested to the combat power of carrier strike groups while still increasing strain on a fleet that
can't fight this way forever.
USS Theodore Roosevelt, also a Nimitz-class carrier, is en route to replace the
Ike Carrier Strike Group in the fight against the Houthis.
Photos captured operations on and off the storied
aircraft carrier during its historic nine months at sea.
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The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower sails in the Red Sea in June 2024. AP Photo/Bernat Armangue© AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
- The US Navy fired $1.16 billion worth of munitions fighting the Houthis from October to mid-July.
- The substantial figure covers the cost of weapons launched by the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and a few other ships.
- Warships and aircraft affiliated with the strike group fired some 770 munitions.
A US Navy carrier strike group and a few other warships that spent months battling the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in and around the Red Sea fired $1.16 billion worth of munitions during active combat operations, a Navy spokesperson told Business Insider on Wednesday.
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This previously unreported figure covers the
total cost of the 770 munitions that the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group launched from October 7 to mid-July and underscores the significant financial toll of America's ongoing counter-Houthi mission.
"US Navy ships have maintained a presence in and near the Red Sea to deter threats and protect shipping since the launch of near-daily attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis in November 2023," the spokesperson said.
"In that effort, a variety of weapons have been employed by the carrier strike group, including aircraft as well as vessels operating with the strike group and independently," they added.
These weapons include surface-to-air missiles, land-attack missiles, air-to-air missiles, and air-to-surface weapons.
The Eisenhower carrier strike group — consisting of the aircraft carrier Ike, several destroyers, and a cruiser — deployed to the Middle East last fall and spent months
defending shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from relentless Houthi missile and drone attacks.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea in April 2024. US Navy photo© US Navy photo
US warships and aircraft attached to the carrier strike group routinely
intercepted Houthi missiles and drones and carried out airstrikes against the rebels in Yemen.
The Eisenhower
left the region in June and was replaced by the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group. The spokesperson said the cost of munitions expended by American warships between October and July does not cover the Roosevelt's ongoing deployment.
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In April, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro shared that US naval forces had already
fired nearly $1 billion in munitions to counter threats from Iran and its proxy forces over the previous six months.
The new figure means the Navy fired some $160 million worth of munitions between mid-April and mid-July.
The tempo of Houthi attacks has somewhat slowed, but the rebels remain an active threat to merchant vessels. Last week, for instance, they
struck an oil tanker in the Red Sea, forcing a French warship to evacuate its crew.
Last week also marked the
most recent US military action against the Houthis. American forces destroyed a rebel missile system in Yemen.
What it's like on board a US aircraft carrier fighting Houthis in the Red Sea
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