Due to Sana’a’s attacks, America allocates $1.2 billion for the maintenance of its warships in the Red Sea
Exclusive – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
Day after day, the losses incurred by the US due to the ongoing Yemeni attacks against its naval forces in the Red Sea have been escalating since late last year. Among these losses, as reported by an American agency, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Pentagon, has allocated $1.2 billion for the maintenance of its warships participating in military operations in the Red Sea. This indicates the extent of the damage these ships have suffered from the strikes of Sana’a forces since the beginning of their operations in the Red Sea.
The U.S. Department of Defense has previously admitted on several occasions, through statements from some of its leaders and military personnel, the large scale of these losses, pointing out the danger of the attacks they face and the ferocity of the confrontations against drones, ballistic and winged missiles, as well as unmanned boats.
As the extent of the losses incurred by the US in the Red Sea becomes apparent, Bloomberg agency stated that the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) “plans to spend about $1.2 billion on the maintenance of warships participating in military operations in the Red Sea, alongside renewing stocks of missiles that were launched to repel attacks, according to recent documents.”
The agency mentioned that two documents submitted to the defense committees in Congress on September 6 and published online clarified that “the costs associated with maintaining an intensive military presence in the region, in addition to countering drones and missiles launched by Sana’a forces.”
Bloomberg added that “the Pentagon will allocate around $190 million to resupply the stockpile of Navy “Standard Missile-3 Block IB” naval missiles, manufactured by “RTX,” in addition to another $8.5 million to purchase more “AIM-9 Sidewinder” missiles, which are infrared-guided air-to-air missiles.”
According to Bloomberg, the documents show that the bulk of the planned spending on Middle East operations for one year, amounting to $300 million, was allocated to unplanned maintenance of ship warehouses, including the amphibious assault ship “USS Bataan” and other ships belonging to the “USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group,” that carried out operations in the Red Sea.