US Navy destroyers unscathed after fighting off a complex attack of cruise and ballistic missiles and exploding drones
Two US Navy destroyers came under attack by the Houthis on Monday.
The Iran-backed rebels fired a mix of anti-ship missiles and exploding drones.
The US military defeated all the threats, a Pentagon spokesperson said.
The US Navy defeated a complex attack launched by the Houthis on Monday that saw the rebels fire several missiles and drones at two American warships off the coast of Yemen, a Pentagon spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The destroyers USS Stockdale and USS Spruance came under fire as they were transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a strategic maritime chokepoint between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The Navy repelled multiple Houthi attacks involving at least three anti-ship cruise missiles, five anti-ship ballistic missiles, and eight one-way attack drones, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters at a press briefing Tuesday.
Ryder said that the attacks were
US Navy destroyers unscathed after fighting off a complex attack of cruise and ballistic missiles and exploding drones
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