The USS Thomas Hudner shot down multiple attack drones launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia over the Red Sea early Thursday morning, US Central Command said on X. The drones were reportedly fired towards Israel.
No damage or injuries were caused. The incident came just hours after a cruise missile fired by the Houthis was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force near Eilat.
A US warship has downed several Houthi kamikaze drones over the Red Sea, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
ReplyDelete"On the morning (Yemen time) of November 23, the USS Thomas Hunder (DDG 116) shot down multiple one-way attack drones launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen. The drones were shot down while the U.S. warship was on patrol in the Red Sea," it wrote on its X (formerly known as Twitter) account.
According to CENTCOM, neither the ship no its crew sustained any damage.