US shoots down 3 Iranian drones and Houthi missile in Gulf of Aden. “Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched an anti-ship ballistic missile which was shot down by USSCarney,” Centcom said in a statement.
Shortly afterwards the same destroyer "shot down three Iranian drones" which were "nearby", it is added without specifying whether the aircraft were armed or not. Reproduction of this article is permitted under the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)