The U.S. Navy fired on a missile site in Yemen in a «self-defense» strike. The operation came after a merchant ship was hit by a missile.
The U.S. Navy destroyer the USS Carney fired into Yemen, taking out a missile it said was aimed toward the ship. The strike came hours after another missile hit a commercial vessel sailing through the Red Sea.
U.S. Central Command said that the operation happened around 3:45 a.m. Sana’a time. The U.S. Navy identified what it said was an anti-ship missile in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, aimed toward the Red Sea. In what CENTCOM called a “self-defense” strike, the USS Carney fired on and destroyed the missile before it could launch.
“This action will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S. Navy vessels and merchant vessels,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
