US Warship Reacts to Commercial Ship Attack in the Red Sea

The USS Carney swiftly responded to a distress call from a commercial vessel on Monday in the southern Red Sea after it was targeted by "multiple projectiles," according to a US military official. The merchant vessel Swan Atlantic came under attack around 9 a.m. Sanaa time, the official disclosed. Further details about the type and source of the projectiles were not yet known, but the incident adds to a series of recent attacks by Houthi forces on commercial ships in the Red Sea.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is in the region for meetings with senior Israeli officials in Tel Aviv amidst the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. During the visit, the US Navy ship successfully intercepted and shot down 14 drones launched from "Houthi-controlled areas" of Yemen, according to US Central Command. The unmanned aircraft systems were determined to be one-way attack drones and were taken down without causing any damage to ships in the area or resulting in any reported injuries, CENTCOM announced on Saturday.

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