The German navy frigate "Hessen" has left for the Red Sea. The ship will be responsible for accompanying merchant ships, targets of the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
It will be able to respond to possible attacks with missiles, drones and remote-controlled “kamikaze boats” This is “the most serious engagement by a German naval unit in many decades,” naval inspector Jan Christian Kaack told reporters in Berlin. The Bundestag is due to vote on this commitment on February 23.