US Navy destroyer in Red Sea shoots down cruise missiles potentially headed toward Is

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US Navy destroyer in Red Sea shoots down cruise missiles potentially headed toward Israel:

Pentagon The missiles were fired by Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, the DOD said. ByLuis Martinez October 20, 2023, 3:35 PM 3:52 Biden delivers remarks on the conflicts in Israel and Ukraine Biden delivers remarks on the conflicts in Israel and Ukraine President Joe Biden stated he would be introducing a defense bill to Congress worth rough...

The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer in the northern Red Sea, on Thursday shot down multiple missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen that the Pentagon said were potentially headed toward targets in Israel. It is the first time in recent memory that a U.S. Navy ship in the Middle East has engaged missiles and drones that were not directly aimed at the vessel. It's also the first U.S. military action taken to defend Israel in the current crisis and with the U.S. and other countries trying to contain the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the possibility that an Iranian-backed proxy group fired missiles and drones at Israel is sure to increase growing regional tensions. The ship was in the Red Sea on Thursday evening local time when it intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a press briefing. U.S. officials on Friday told ABC News that the Carney had brought down four cruise missiles and 14 drones launched by the Houthis, an update from the three missiles and eight drones reported earlier.

https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...-us-navy-destroyer-red-sea/story?id=104147141
 
The USS Carney had just transited into the Red Sea through the Suez Canal on Wednesday which is why the destroyer was still located in the northern stretch of that body of water that borders, Egypt, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.

The missile shot down by the USS Carney will bolster the deterrence in the region and demonstrate that the show of force is serious stuff, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

The risk to U.S. forces and U.S. interests in the region has increased particularly in the wake of a deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza earlier this week that inflamed regional tensions.

On Wednesday, three drones were shot down by U.S. military forces as they neared bases in western and northern Iraq, another drone was shot down near U.S. forces in eastern Syria on Thursday.

A U.S. contractor sheltering in place at one of the bases in Iraq died of a cardiac arrest in one of the incidents.

Al Asad airbase in western Iraq experienced indirect fire on Thursday according to a U.S. official.

The Carney's shootdown of Houthi missiles opens up the possibility that the U.S. Navy may have to position more ships in the Red Sea if the U.S. commits to protecting Israel from a southern attack said Steve Ganyard, an ABC News contributor and a former Pentagon official.

"The larger concern is if Iran now considers U.S. ships fair game," said Ganyard. "Because if the Houthis shoot at a U.S. ship there will be little doubt that it would have been at Tehran’s direction."

"That said, there is nothing to suggest, no known reason to believe that Iran wants a fight with the U.S. and/or Israel," said Ganyard. "So, hopefully things calm down."
 
There are Democrats in Congress who are supporting Hamas, who just committed war crimes against Israel...the caging of Israeli children and setting them on fire...beheading them, slaughtering innocent Israeli citizens, barbarism.

The far left professors and students in American universities are supporting Hamas and their war crimes against Israel.
 
Earl said:
The USS Carney had just transited into the Red Sea through the Suez Canal on Wednesday which is why the destroyer was still located in the northern stretch of that body of water that borders, Egypt, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.

The missile shot down by the USS Carney will bolster the deterrence in the region and demonstrate that the show of force is serious stuff, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

The risk to U.S. forces and U.S. interests in the region has increased particularly in the wake of a deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza earlier this week that inflamed regional tensions.

On Wednesday, three drones were shot down by U.S. military forces as they neared bases in western and northern Iraq, another drone was shot down near U.S. forces in eastern Syria on Thursday.

A U.S. contractor sheltering in place at one of the bases in Iraq died of a cardiac arrest in one of the incidents.

Al Asad airbase in western Iraq experienced indirect fire on Thursday according to a U.S. official.

The Carney's shootdown of Houthi missiles opens up the possibility that the U.S. Navy may have to position more ships in the Red Sea if the U.S. commits to protecting Israel from a southern attack said Steve Ganyard, an ABC News contributor and a former Pentagon official.

"The larger concern is if Iran now considers U.S. ships fair game," said Ganyard. "Because if the Houthis shoot at a U.S. ship there will be little doubt that it would have been at Tehran’s direction."

"That said, there is nothing to suggest, no known reason to believe that Iran wants a fight with the U.S. and/or Israel," said Ganyard. "So, hopefully things calm down."
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I don't think the Houthi have any missiles capable of reaching Israel. On the other hand, they have in the past used Chinese made Silkworm and other similar anti-ship missiles to attack shipping traffic in the Red Sea. If they got cruise missiles capable of hundreds of miles range, it would represent a HUGE increase in capability over what they had just a few years ago. The Houthi have fired anti-ship missiles at US naval vessels before, as well as Saudi Navy ships and merchant ships. But those missiles have a range on the order of 30 to 60 miles at most.

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The original Russian design (Nato designation SS-N-2 Styx) dates back to the late 50's and while it has been updated, is pretty much obsolescent technology at best.
 
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