Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that the US military would be stepping up its attacks on Yemen’s Houthis because of the continued attacks on shipping lanes in the Red Sea.“You’ll see us increasingly place — use all the elements that are available to us in our national power to really begin to dial this down, dial it back,” Austin said about US efforts to degrade Houthi capabilities and their ability to conduct attacks.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Washington noticeably increased the tempo of its preemptive strikes on the Iran-backed group last month, including deploying B-2 bombers from the US for one operation.Another US attack two weeks ago saw Houthi weapons storage facilities hit inside Yemen in an attack that involved the US Air Force and US Navy assets, including the F-35C. That attack was in response to a barrage of Houthi drones, anti-ship ballistic missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles that unsuccessfully