Panic over kamikaze drones in the Red Sea

The US military announced it shot down a kamikaze drone over the Red Sea, launched from areas controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

According to the statement made by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) in the .

It was reported that the kamikaze drone was shot down as it approached the “USS Carney”, which was escorting two military ships transporting military equipment to the region, and the ship was not damaged. It was not indicated where the equipment was sent, but it is known that the United States sent large quantities of weapons and military equipment to this country in conjunction with the attacks launched by Israel against Gaza.

The Houthis in Yemen had announced that they had attacked Israel many times with missiles and kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) since October 31. On November 19, the Houthis threatened to attack Israeli ships in the Red Sea and later announced that they had captured a commercial ship belonging to an Israeli company in the Red Sea.

CENTCOM had reported that on November 23, many “unilateral attack drones” that had been detected to have been launched from areas under Houthi control were shot down by the US Navy destroyer “USS Thomas Hudner.” (AA)