US military shoots down Houthi drones as Trump's strikes against terrorist group continue

U.S. warships person changeable down astir a twelve Houthi drones since President Donald Trump launched airstrikes against the violent enactment connected Saturday, Fox News has learned.

A elder defence authoritative told Fox News of the developments connected Sunday. The drones were aimed astatine the U.S. Navy's Truman Carrier Strike Group, and were changeable down "well before" they posed a superior threat, the authoritative added.

The latest subject enactment came aft astir a twelvemonth and a fractional of attacks from Houthis, some connected commercialized merchant vessels and U.S. subject ships. In a Truth Social station connected Saturday, Trump wrote that helium had "ordered the United States Military to motorboat decisive and almighty Military enactment against the Houthi terrorists successful Yemen."

"It has been implicit a twelvemonth since a U.S.-flagged commercialized vessel safely sailed done the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, oregon the Gulf of Aden," Trump continued. "The past American Warship to spell done the Red Sea, 4 months ago, was attacked by the Houthis implicit a twelve times."

US NAVY SHIPS REPEL ATTACK FROM HOUTHIS IN GULF OF ADEN

U.S. warships intercepted and changeable down astir a twelve Houthi drones since President Donald Trump's airstrikes were launched connected Mar. 15. (Getty Images/AP)

Trump wrote that the "relentless assaults person outgo the U.S. and World Economy galore BILLIONS of Dollars while, astatine the aforesaid time, putting guiltless lives astatine risk."

"To each Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!" his station concluded.

TRUMP RE-DESIGNATES IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHIS AS TERRORISTS: 'THREATEN[S] SECURITY OF AMERICAN CIVILIANS'

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet gathering astatine the White House connected February 26, 2025, successful Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump re-designated the Houthis arsenic a overseas violent enactment (FTO) successful January. His archetypal medication had named the Houthis arsenic an FTO, but the Biden medication aboriginal reversed the move.

On Sunday, the White House released photos of Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz monitoring the strikes.

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President Trump is taking enactment against the Houthis to support U.S. shipping assets and deter violent threats, the White House posted connected X connected March 15, 2025. (The White House)

"President Trump is taking enactment against the Houthis to support US shipping assets and deter violent threats," the White House wrote connected X. "For excessively agelong American economical & nationalist threats person been nether battle by the Houthis. Not nether this presidency." 

Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.