U.S. Navy warships shot down a barrage of Houthi terrorist cruise missiles and drones launched Friday from Yemen on the transport lanes of the Crimson Sea.
The Pentagon confirmed the assault and the profitable response on Friday.
“We did see a posh assault launched from the Houthis that ranged from cruise missiles and [unmanned aerial vehicles],” mentioned Sabrina Singh, deputy press secretary for the Protection Division.
Stars and Stripes experiences the Iran-backed Houthi claimed to have broken three U.S. Navy warships in a concentrated bombardment of 23 missiles and bomber drones.
The destroyers, the Houthis’ navy spokesperson claimed in a televised speech, had been focused as they transited the Bab al-Mandeb Strait within the Crimson Sea.
He mentioned the assault was carried out because the U.S. destroyers had been “on their technique to help the Israeli enemy.”
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The Bab al-Mandeb Strait connects the Crimson Sea to the Gulf of Aden, between Yemen.
“My understanding is that these had been both engaged and shot down or failed,” Singh mentioned, referring to the Houthi missiles and drones. No U.S. navy ships had been struck, and there have been no accidents to U.S. service members, she additionally mentioned as she dismissed the claims outright.
The USS Abraham Lincoln and its service strike group are within the area.
The strike group consists of three destroyers: USS Spruance, USS Stockdale, and USS O’Kane.
Singh on Friday declined to say whether or not the destroyers had been the meant targets of the Houthi missiles.
“We did what we needed to do to guard our forces, and on the finish of the day, no ship was hit — no injury and no accidents to our personnel,” she mentioned.
The Houthis have been concentrating on cargo ships within the Crimson Sea and Gulf of Aden since Oct. 7 final yr when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel.
Earlier this yr, U.S. Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin introduced a multinational mission, Operation Prosperity Guardian, to counter Houthi assaults.
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