During a media briefing on Monday, Cmdr. Jeremy Robertson, the captain of the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney, said that never-before-seen ballistic missiles targeted U.S. Navy warships in the Red Sea.
The commanding officer of an American destroyer that has shot down deadly ballistic missiles claims that US Navy warships operating in the Red Sea have been intercepting them because they are "way faster" than anything else.
Before the Houthis began launching anti-ship ballistic missiles into vital Middle Eastern waterways late last year as part of their continuous attacks on international commerce lines, no force had previously seen these deadly weapons in action.
Numerous anti-ship ballistic missiles have since been fired into the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden by the rebels supported by Iran. Although some of the missiles have impacted commercial vessels, US warships in the area have repeatedly intercepted these missiles. In March, there was an attack that claimed civi...
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