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The USS Thomas Hudner of the Sixth Fleet shot down a drone launched by Yemen on Wednesday in the Red Sea. The ship, a guided missile destroyer was patrolling in the Red Sea when it detected a drone launch and was tracking the drone as it headed straight for the ship with bad intentions.
When first spotted it wasn't known who launched it, but it is confirmed that it was on course to strike the destroyer while underway. This is the first direct US Naval attack since the dogs of war were loosed. The Navy can't confirm if the drone was carrying a weapon of whether it was even capable of carrying or firing one, but the Captain of the destroyer wasn't about to wait and see.
This recent encounter comes roughly a month after another US destroyer shot down missiles and drones fired out of Yemen as well.
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Wednesday night, the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer USS Carney engaged three cruise missiles and approximately eight drones launched by Iran-backed Houthi terrorists operating in Yemen. The missiles were all destroyed, as were the drones.
This incident also comes after the US lost an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle off the coast of Yemen when it was shot down by the Iranian-back Houthi rebels. No American effort was made to recover the drone after it was shot down.
[...]the first US Reaper has been lost to hostile action.
A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down in western Yemen on Sunday, officials at U.S. Central Command confirmed to Military Times.
Multiple outlets reported on Sunday that Houthi rebels had claimed they shot down a drone. Images of the wreckage were posted by the rebel faction’s news agency SABA.
Houthi air defense systems brought down the drone in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, SABA claimed.
“We assess that an MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was shot down in western Yemen on Oct. 1, 2017. This incident is under investigation,” said Maj. Earl Brown, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command.
As noted, this marks the second time that American forces have intercepted and shot down missiles and or drones that have been launched out of Yemen. Israel has also shot down missiles out of Yemen when the Houthi rebel group launched a medium-range ballistic missile at an unknown target. Israel used their Arrow anti-ballistic missile defense system to shoot down the missile's re-entry vehicle while still in space.
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Wednesday night, the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer USS Carney engaged three cruise missiles and approximately eight drones launched by Iran-backed Houthi terrorists operating in Yemen. The missiles were all destroyed, as were the drones.
This incident also comes after the US lost an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle off the coast of Yemen when it was shot down by the Iranian-back Houthi rebels. No American effort was made to recover the drone after it was shot down.
[...]the first US Reaper has been lost to hostile action.
A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down in western Yemen on Sunday, officials at U.S. Central Command confirmed to Military Times.
Multiple outlets reported on Sunday that Houthi rebels had claimed they shot down a drone. Images of the wreckage were posted by the rebel faction’s news agency SABA.
Houthi air defense systems brought down the drone in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, SABA claimed.
“We assess that an MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was shot down in western Yemen on Oct. 1, 2017. This incident is under investigation,” said Maj. Earl Brown, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command.
As noted, this marks the second time that American forces have intercepted and shot down missiles and or drones that have been launched out of Yemen. Israel has also shot down missiles out of Yemen when the Houthi rebel group launched a medium-range ballistic missile at an unknown target. Israel used their Arrow anti-ballistic missile defense system to shoot down the missile's re-entry vehicle while still in space.
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