Inside Cold War bombers’ 15,000 mile round-trip to strike back at Iran
On Friday morning, US Air Force B-1B bombers, designed to penetrate Soviet air defences to deliver nuclear bombs, took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas for an immense sortie across the Atlantic Ocean to strike more than 85 targets across seven locations in Iraq and Syria.
By 9.10pm, reports had already begun to emerge on social media of a massive raid as the bombers dropped more than 125 precision munitions on command-and-control centres, rocket and missile stockpiles, drone storage sites and supply chain facilities.
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Houthis vow to respond to UK airstrikes
The Houthi rebel group said British and US airstrikes “will not deter us” and vowed a response after a new wave of strikes hit Yemen late on Saturday.
Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said “these attacks will not deter us from our… stance in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip”.
Saree added that there had been a total of 48 strikes and that “they will not pass without response and punishment”.
The Houthis also said that the capital Sana’a as well as other rebel-held areas were targeted in the raids.
A joint statement from Britain and the US on Saturday night said they had targeted buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defence systems and radars.