According to CNN local time 31**, four U.S. ** confirmed that the U.S. destroyer shot down the Houthi anti-ship cruise missile at a distance of less than a mile, and said that this is the closest the Houthi have come to successfully hitting the U.S. military ** in recent months.
According to a CNN interview, the U.S. Arleigh Burke IIA destroyer USS Graveley (DDG-101) was attacked. In the attack, the destroyer was forced to use the Phalanx Close Defense** system (CIWS) on board to shoot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired by the Houthis.
According to them, the anti-ship cruise missiles launched by the Houthis have never posed such a threat to the US military, and such missiles are generally intercepted at a distance of 10km or more.
Earlier, the U.S. ** Command stated that at around 23:30 on the 30th, Yemen's Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile into the Red Sea, and the missile was shot down by the US destroyer "Graveley", and there was no damage to personnel or property.
Later, on the 31st local time, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin condemned the "reckless and illegal attack" on US ** ships and merchant ships in the region.
In a bilateral meeting with the British foreign minister, Austin said: "Iran provides the Houthis with advanced routines**, intelligence and expertise. ”
According to public data, the destroyer USS Graveley (DDG-101) has the ability to carry anti-aircraft missiles including the Standard-2, Standard-3, Standard-6 and ESSM. Among them, the Standard-2, Standard-6 and ESSM can all perform the interception mission of anti-ship cruise missiles, and the Phalanx close defense ** system will only intercept the missile as the last air defense means after the above-mentioned missiles cannot be intercepted.
Commenting on the attack, a U.S.** said it didn't mean the Houthi attack had become more sophisticated. But Tom Karako, director of the missile defense program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said it was "worrying" that the Houthi missile was so close to the U.S. ship.
It is worth noting that the Houthis have previously struck US military ** several times and claimed that they may have hit or injured US military **. The U.S. military has denied such claims.
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