The American “Business Insider” website revealed the cost of the ammunition used by the United States of America, confronting Sana’a forces in the Red Sea, until mid-July.
The website published a report, in which it quoted a US Navy spokesman as saying: “The Eisenharrow carrier strike group and a small number of other warships, which spent months fighting the Houthis in and around the Red Sea, fired $1.16 billion worth of munitions during active combat operations.”
The report confirmed that this figure - which was not disclosed Reported before - covers the total cost of 770 munitions launched by the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group from October 7 to mid-July, and highlights the significant financial cost of America’s ongoing mission against the Houthis,” according to the website.
The spokesman said, “It was The use of a variety of weapons by the aircraft carrier group, including aircraft as well as ships operating with the group and also operating independently.”
The report said, “These weapons include surface-to-air missiles, ground attack missiles, and air-to-air missiles.” , and air-to-surface weapons.”
The report indicated that “last April, the US Secretary of the Navy, Carlos del Toro, announced that the US Navy had already fired munitions worth approximately one billion dollars.”
It explained that “the number The new ($1.16 billion) means the Navy fired approximately $160 million worth of munitions from mid-April to mid-July.”
These numbers do not include the costs of operating warships, sorties, and logistics operations.