By Kamchai @Adobe Stock
Ella Sherman and Jake Epstein of Business Insider are reporting that a Houthi missile got so close to the USS Gravely, within a mile, that the warship turned to a last-resort gun system to shoot it down. They write:
A Houthi anti-ship cruise missile fired into the Red Sea came within a mile of a US Navy destroyer on Tuesday, a report said, close enough that the American warship turned to its close-in weapons system — a last line of defense.
Most missiles are shot down farther out. This was the closest that a Houthi attack had come to an American warship, four US officials told CNN, which reported additional details of the incident on Wednesday.
US Central Command initially said on Tuesday that around 11:30 p.m. local time, the Houthis fired a single anti-ship cruise missile from Yemen toward the Red Sea, and it was shot down by USS Gravely. […]
In addition to these preemptive actions, the US and UK have also conducted widespread strikes across Yemen, targeting Houthi sites such as missile launchers, weapons-storage facilities, radars, and air-defense systems.
Western officials have stressed that these strikes are a direct response to the Houthis’ ongoing attacks against commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden — a key global trade route — and that they will continue unless the rebels cease the provocations.
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