United States Central Command has confirmed that the USS Laboon, an Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer, has shot down a Houthi drone in self-defense while defending several merchant vessels in the Red Sea. The announcement reads below:
On the Jan. 6, at approximately 9:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), an unmanned aerial vehicle launched from Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen was shot down in self-defense by USS LABOON (DDG 59) in international waters of the Southern Red Sea in the vicinity of multiple… pic.twitter.com/fT00nlH0hk
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 6, 2024
