Konstantin Toropin
Two Navy destroyers came under attack by missiles and drones launched by Houthi rebels while they were sailing through a strait located between Yemen and Djibouti on Monday, according to the Pentagon.
"During the transit, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale and USS Spruance were attacked by at least eight one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems, five anti-ship ballistic missiles and three anti-ship cruise missiles, which were successfully engaged and defeated," Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, told reporters Tuesday.
The attack on the ships was the latest in months of violence in the region by the Yemen rebels, who are backed by Iran and have targeted commercial shipping as well as the U.S. naval forces deployed to the region to protect the key trade route. The Navy and Air Force responded overnight with "a series of precise airstrikes," Ryder said.
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