More than a year after Yemen-based Houthi rebels began an onslaught of missile and drone attacks on commercial vessels sailing through the Red Sea, the U.S. Navy is still fending off attempted strikes in the region.
U.S. Naval ships successfully resisted two instances of Houthi-launched attacks in the Gulf of Aden in a two-week span. The two destroyers, USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane, defeated a range of weapons launched at them, once during a Nov. 30-Dec. 1 transit bound for the Port of Djibouti, and again during a Dec. 9-10 voyage departing from the port.
In both attacks, the Stockdale and O’Kane were escorting three U.S. owned, operated and flagged merchant vessels, according to statements from U.S. Central Command.
The attacks on the ships resulted in no injuries and no damage to any vessels, civilians or U.S. Naval members.
U.S. Naval ships successfully resisted two instances of Houthi-launched attacks in the Gulf of Aden in a two-week span. The two destroyers, USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane, defeated a range of weapons launched at them, once during a Nov. 30-Dec. 1 transit bound for the Port of Djibouti, and again during a Dec. 9-10 voyage departing from the port.
In both attacks, the Stockdale and O’Kane were escorting three U.S. owned, operated and flagged merchant vessels, according to statements from U.S. Central Command.
The attacks on the ships resulted in no injuries and no damage to any vessels, civilians or U.S. Naval members.
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