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Houthis Claim Attacks as USS Eisenhower Deployment Extended in Red Sea

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Houthis Claim Attacks as USS Eisenhower Deployment Extended in Red Sea
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The deployment of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group in the Red Sea has been extended by at least another month to continue countering Houthi munitions and drone attacks. The decision, signed by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, comes amid ongoing Houthi threats to shipping lanes in the region. The carrier group, which includes destroyers USS Gravely and USS Mason, and cruiser USS Philippine Sea, has been active in intercepting and targeting Houthi operations for over seven months.

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  1. Navy's Eisenhower carrier group's deployment in the Red Sea extended  Task & Purpose
  2. Houthis claim attack on US aircraft carrier after American, UK strikes said to kill 16  The Times of Israel
  3. Houthi Rebels Claim a Second Attack on Carrier USS Eisenhower  The Maritime Executive
  4. Yemen's Houthis threaten escalation after American strike using 5,000-pound bunker-buster bomb  CBS News
  5. Eisenhower carrier strike group deployment extended  NavyTimes.com

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