Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said a US Navy destroyer intercepted cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles fired from Yemen, possibly towards Israel. RIA News.
He noted that the USS Carney destroyer in the Northern Red Sea “shot down three cruise missiles and several unmanned aerial vehicles launched by the Houthis in Yemen.”
Ryder also stated that he could not say exactly what the missiles and drones were targeting, but that they may have been heading towards Israel.
Before that, the press service of the US Department of Defense reported that American officials directory Israeli high-precision munitions, artillery shells for the Iron Dome air defense system.
A while ago the United States plans to transfer Israel has two Iron Dome air defense systems. The equipment will be shipped under leaseback arrangements.
Former US State Department official check out Because of President Joe Biden’s decision to provide military aid to Israel.