The US ship repelled the attack. Huti fighters used rockets and drones

There was a battle on the Red Sea involving the American destroyer USS Carney. The American unit repelled an attack organized using anti-ship missiles and drones.

The clash, somewhat exaggeratedly called the "air-sea battle," took place near the coast of Yemen. As reported by CNN and cited by Defence24, on October 19, Americans shot down missiles and unmanned drones, sent by Houthi fighters, supported among others by Iran.

The USS Carney shot down - according to official sources - three anti-ship missiles and an unspecified number of drones.

Defence24 notes that the whole operation is a demonstration of American capabilities in responding to missile and drone attacks, even in situations when they do not directly threaten the ship.

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As the analysis of the clash suggests - the probable target of the missiles fired by the Houthi might not have been an American ship, but sites in Egypt or Israel.

This matters, among other reasons, because the USS Carney is part of the carrier strike group and is responsible for protecting the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

The USS Carney is an American missile destroyer, belonging to the long series of Arleigh Burke class ships, currently consisting of 73 units. USS Carney was launched in 1994, and entered service two years later.

The ship is 505 feet long and displaces about 9,000 tons. Its crew consists of about 280 officers and sailors, and the ship carries on board numerous weapon systems– from a 5-inch gun and small-caliber artillery systems, like the self-defense Phalanx CIWS, to a Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher, a SeaRAM missile defense system, and also a 90-cell Mk 41 VLS launcher.