The United States has launched “precision strikes” on five underground weapons storage facilities in Yemen, targeting Houthi-controlled locations used to launch attacks on civilian and military ships.

The U.S. announced late Wednesday that it had conducted multiple strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebel group, targeting its underground bunkers with stealth bombers. U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement online that its forces had conducted “multiple,

It was the first time the U.S. used these stealth bombers against the Houthis, who have targeted commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.