April 9 Red Sea Update
April 09, 2024
April 09, 2024
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, April 9 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release:
TAMPA, Fla. - At approximately 3:00 a.m. (Sanaa time) on April 9, USS Mason (DDG 87) and United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed one inbound anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists from Yemen over the Gulf of Aden.
The ASBM was likely targeting the MV Yorktown, a U.S.-flagged, U.S.-owned . . .
TAMPA, Fla. - At approximately 3:00 a.m. (Sanaa time) on April 9, USS Mason (DDG 87) and United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed one inbound anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists from Yemen over the Gulf of Aden.
The ASBM was likely targeting the MV Yorktown, a U.S.-flagged, U.S.-owned . . .