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   From: hodges@usn.mil   
      
   The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer in the northern Red   
   Sea, on Thursday shot down multiple missiles and drones launched by   
   Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen that the Pentagon said were potentially   
   headed toward targets in Israel.   
      
   It is the first time in recent memory that a U.S. Navy ship in the Middle   
   East has engaged missiles and drones that were not directly aimed at the   
   vessel.   
      
   It's also the first U.S. military action taken to defend Israel in the   
   current crisis and with the U.S. and other countries trying to contain the   
   conflict between Israel and Hamas, the possibility that an Iranian-backed   
   proxy group fired missiles and drones at Israel is sure to increase   
   growing regional tensions.   
      
   The ship was in the Red Sea on Thursday evening local time when it   
   intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones, Pentagon   
   spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a press briefing. U.S. officials on   
   Friday told ABC News that the Carney had brought down four cruise missiles   
   and 14 drones launched by the Houthis, an update from the three missiles   
   and eight drones reported earlier.   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/International/security-incident-involving-us-navy-   
   destroyer-red-sea/story?id=104147141   
      
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