US forces said they have destroyed an anti-ship missile which Yemen’s Houthi rebels were ready to launch. The missile was aimed towards the Red Sea, the United States Central Command announced on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, early on Saturday morning. The US forces had categorized the missile, which was located in the area controlled by the militia, as a threat to US warships and merchant ships on the shipping route that is important for global trade, it said in justification of the attack. The Islamist Houthi militia have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea since the be…