A nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier conducted flight operations targetting Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Footage shows a fighter plane deploying from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier at sea in a joint airstrike aimed at the Iranian-backed Houthis in eight locations in Yemen on January 22.

In a statement, the U.S. Central Command said the operations were conducted alongside UK Armed Forces, with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands.

The statement read: 'These strikes from this multilateral coalition targeted areas in Houthi-controlled Yemen used to attack international merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region. The targets included missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, radars, and deeply buried weapons storage facilities.

'These strikes are intended to degrade Houthi capability to continue their reckless and unlawful attacks on U.S. and U.K. ships as well as international commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden. These strikes are separate and distinct from the multinational freedom of navigation actions performed under Operation Prosperity Guardian.'

The joint military response came following persistent attacks on commercial ships traversing the Red Sea shipping lanes since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.