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US Warships are busy in the Red Sea [1]
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Date: 2023-12-03
Yemen Houthi rebels and Iran are keeping US warships busy in the Red Sea.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/03/us-warship-in-red-sea-reportedly-attacked-by-drones-from-yemen
“We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available,” the US Department of Defense said in a short statement on Sunday afternoon.
Israeli military spokesperson said one of the two commercial ships was significantly damaged and it is in distress and apparently is in danger of sinking and another ship was lightly damaged.”
Shortly after, the Houthis said they had targeted two commercial ships on Sunday with an armed drone and a naval missile. Two vessels, Unity Explorer and Number 9, were targeted after they rejected warnings from the group’s navy, a spokesperson said.
A week later, towards the end of November, a US warship, the USS Mason, seized five attackers who had tried to take control of the Central Park, a commercial tanker that had been carrying a cargo of phosphoric acid. In the incident, two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen toward the general location of the two ships, but landed 10 nautical miles away in the Gulf of Aden, the US military said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/uss-carney-shoots-down-drones-responds-to-ballistic-missile-attack-on-commercial-vessel/ar-AA1kVO2q
Last month, the USS Thomas Hudner shot down multiple one-way attack drones launched from Yemen. And roughly a week ago, two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen toward the USS Mason in the Gulf of Aden, after it responded to a distress call from another commercial tanker that had come under attack by five armed individuals believed to be Somali.
Sunday’s attacks also come just a day after aircraft from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group intercepted an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle operating “in an unsafe and unprofessional manner” in the Persian Gulf.
The WSJ has more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-destroyer-commercial-vessels-attacked-by-drones-missiles-in-red-sea/ar-AA1kVS41?bncnt=BroadcastNews_TopStories&FORM=BNC001&cvid=aa5f37b7a39740e8994bf08b56c102b1&ei=24
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