Reuters reports that the Arleigh-Burke-class US guided-missile Navy destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) intercepted several cruise missiles (likely Iranian-supplied SCUD-D) and drones in the Red Sea on October 19 (2023). Believed to have been launched by the Iranian-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, the missiles and drones were heading north (likely towards Israel), the Pentagon is on record saying. According to the Pentagon, the USS Carney operated in the Northern Red Sea, and no injuries were reported. The missiles and drones did not directly threaten the USS Carney.
Wrong place, right time
“We cannot say for certain what these missiles and drones were targeting, but they were launched from Yemen heading north along the Red Sea, potentially towards targets in Israel,” Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder told reporters. Whether this is accurate or not, the attack comes amidst other militant group drone attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria following the ongoing war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
