US warship counters series of missiles, 'complex' UAVs in Red Sea

Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said no US warships were damaged or hit by Houthi fire in the Red Sea, and no US service members were injured, Business Insider reported on September 28.

"We have seen a complex attack launched by the Houthis, including cruise missiles and UAVs. As far as I know, those attacks were either shot down or failed," Ms Singh said.

Houthi launches 'complex' missile and UAV attack on US warship in Red Sea

Earlier, the Houthi forces in Yemen announced that the group had targeted three US warships with nearly 20 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and UAVs. The Houthis claimed to have hit the US ships, although Washington officials denied this information.

Sabrina Singh said it was unclear whether the U.S. warships were the Houthis’ intended targets, leaving open the possibility that the Houthis could target other ships in the vicinity of the U.S. warships. A U.S. official said the Navy currently has five warships in the Red Sea, including four destroyers and one littoral combat ship (LCS).

Destroyer USS Michael Murphy, one of the US warships in the Red Sea

The US official added that with the exception of the two destroyers USS Frank E. Petersen and USS Michael Murphy, the remaining ships had only arrived in the Red Sea in the past few days, indicating that Washington was increasing its military presence in the Red Sea amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. Some reporters reported that the three newly arrived ships appeared to have been attacked on September 27.

The Houthis have in recent months attacked commercial vessels traveling in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. US warships are often tasked with intercepting Houthi threats.

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