A US destroyer shot down "three Iranian drones" and a ballistic missile in the Gulf of Aden last night, the US Middle East Command (Centcom) announced.
“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.
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