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USS Mason Fired on Again Off Coast of Yemen: Officials
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason was fired on again
in international waters off the coast of Yemen,
but the ship deployed countermeasures
and the vessel was not struck, two U.S. officials said.
The incident occurred late Saturday or early Sunday local time.
At least one missile was fired, the officials said.
The destroyer was targeted by missiles fired from rebel-controlled areas in Yemen twice earlier this week,
prompting the U.S. military to launch cruise missiles that destroyed three radar sites in response.
After the earlier attempted missile attacks this week,
a Defense Department official warned that those who fire on U.S. vessels do so at their peril.
The missiles were fired on the USS Mason this week
as it was in the area of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, officials said.
After the U.S. strikes in Yemen, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement:
"The United States will respond to any further threat to our ships and commercial traffic, as appropriate,
and will continue to maintain our freedom of navigation
in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb, and elsewhere around the world."
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason was fired on again
in international waters off the coast of Yemen,
but the ship deployed countermeasures
and the vessel was not struck, two U.S. officials said.
The incident occurred late Saturday or early Sunday local time.
At least one missile was fired, the officials said.
The destroyer was targeted by missiles fired from rebel-controlled areas in Yemen twice earlier this week,
prompting the U.S. military to launch cruise missiles that destroyed three radar sites in response.
After the earlier attempted missile attacks this week,
a Defense Department official warned that those who fire on U.S. vessels do so at their peril.
The missiles were fired on the USS Mason this week
as it was in the area of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, officials said.
After the U.S. strikes in Yemen, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement:
"The United States will respond to any further threat to our ships and commercial traffic, as appropriate,
and will continue to maintain our freedom of navigation
in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb, and elsewhere around the world."
