Two missiles fired at US navy destroyer from rebel-held Yemen
Source: The Guardian/AP
Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen landed near a US destroyer passing by in the Red Sea, the US navy said, the second such launch targeting ships in the crucial international waterway in recent days.
The launches on Sunday came as a ballistic missile fired from Yemen apparently targeted a Saudi air base near Mecca, the deepest strike yet into the kingdom by Yemens Shia Houthi rebels and their allies.
The rebels offered no reason for the launches, though they came after a Saudi-led airstrike targeting a funeral in Yemens capital killed more than 140 people and wounded 525 on Saturday.
In a statement on Monday, the navy said no American sailors were injured and no damage was done to the USS Mason. Lt Ian McConnaughey, a spokesman for US naval forces central command, said it was unclear if the USS Mason was specifically targeted, though the missiles were fired in its direction for an hour, starting at about 7pm.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/10/two-missiles-fired-us-navy-destroyer-from-rebel-held-yemen
denbot
(9,901 posts)I'm curious if they used ECM's or shot the first one down. No mention on the action if any taken on the second missile.
Marengo
(3,477 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)or the missiles substandard or something...
It says a lot that the ship wasn't even sure at first that they were being aimed at
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Did not see anything in the article. They must have been unsophisticated if the ship was not sure it was being fired on.
Doc_Technical
(3,527 posts)Were the ships that were fired upon
the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy?
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)EX500rider
(10,849 posts).....oh wait, yes they have...
The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday Yemeni Houthi forces had attacked a UAE vessel in a strategic Red Sea shipping lane off the coast of Yemen at the weekend and called the incident an "act of terrorism."
Also on Monday, the coalition said it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis at the King Fahd Air Base in Taif in central Saudi Arabia, which hosts US military personnel training the kingdom's armed forces.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-security-idUSKCN1242DB
hardluck
(640 posts)Obama is trying to serendipitously get us in a shooting war there....