Yemen: Houthi missiles failed to hit US aircraft carrier – Australian Associated Press

AAP FACTCHECK – Videos and images show a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, social media users claim.

This is incorrect. The visual content comes from a popular video game called Arma 3.

The US military shared AAP Fact Check that the aircraft carrier in question, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not hit.

The Houthis, who have captured most of Yemen’s major population centers in a civil war, have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden for months in response to Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

On May 31, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sare’e said his forces had targeted the Eisenhower.

In response to this claim, a US defense official told Reuters that there was no report of an attack on the aircraft carrier.

Nevertheless, a Facebook post claims that a video shows missiles hitting the Eisenhower directly.

“MSM suppresses the fact that the USS Eisenhower was hit by missiles in the Red Sea…” the caption reads.

The video shows a computer screen displaying a VT Foreign Policy article with a picture of a burning ship and the headline: “USS (CVN-69) Eisenhower Burns, Leaving Red Sea?”

An invisible man scrolls through the article and reads it aloud.

“USS Eisenhower burns as second attack destroys flight deck,” he says in the video (16 seconds).

“Many dead and injured.”

The man then plays a video embedded in the article showing a missile hitting an aircraft carrier.

Other Facebook, X and YouTube posts also claim that the video shows a direct hit on the USS Eisenhower.

However, the video is not real, but comes from the popular military simulation video game Arma 3, developed by Bohemia Interactive.

The company’s global PR manager, Pavel Krizka, says the video shows a modified scene from the game.

“The footage was produced using the (modified) game Arma 3,” he said AAP Fact Check.

The ship image used in the VT also seems to come from the video game.

There are discrepancies between the ship in the video and the real USS Eisenhower.

For example, the antenna mast has four beams, the ship in the video has two, while the Eisenhower has three.

The US Navy says There is “no truth” to the claims that the aircraft carrier was hit and that it is still deployed in the region.

“The ships and aircraft of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group are on site and continuing their mission to preserve freedom of navigation and ensure maritime navigation in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of ​​operations,” the spokesman said. AAP Fact Check.

The US aircraft carrier appears undamaged in footage posted on X by its captain, Chowdah Hill, as well as images released by the US military of a joint exercise with the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour in the Red Sea on June 7, 2024.

AAP Fact Check has previously refuted claims about a failed Houthi missile attack on an American destroyer, as well as footage from the game Arma 3 and the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

The claim that the USS Eisenhower was hit was also refuted by CBS News.

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