US less sure of third Red Sea missile incident

摘要

US officials appear less certain that missiles were launched at the destroyer USS Mason as it sailed in international waters off Yemen on 15 October than they were after two similar incidents prompted retaliation against Yemeni coastal radar sites. The latest incident was first revealed by Admiral John Richardson, the US Navy's chief of operations, during the commissioning ceremony for USS Zumwait on 15 October. "The Mason once again appears to have come under attack in the Red Sea, again from coastal defence cruise missiles fired from the coast of Yemen," he told reporters.