{"id":45904,"date":"2024-01-08T20:26:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T20:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/08\/uss-laboon-shoots-down-red-sea-air-drone-in-self-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:04:21","slug":"uss-laboon-shoots-down-red-sea-air-drone-in-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/01\/08\/uss-laboon-shoots-down-red-sea-air-drone-in-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Laboon shoots down Red Sea air drone in \u2018self-defense\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/12\/24\/uss-laboon-shoots-down-four-drones-in-red-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">destroyer Laboon<\/a> shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle in the Red Sea on Saturday that officials say was fired by Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen \u2014 the latest intercept in the region since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laboon took out the drone Saturday morning \u201cin self-defense,\u201d according to U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere were no casualties or damage reported,\u201d CENTCOM said in a statement Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combatant command provided no further information on the encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/12\/26\/us-navy-shoots-down-more-than-a-dozen-drones-missiles-in-red-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laboon and F\/A-18 Super Hornets<\/a> from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group shot down 12 one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/12\/26\/us-navy-shoots-down-more-than-a-dozen-drones-missiles-in-red-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1907491.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Navy shoots down more than a dozen drones, missiles in Red Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The incident occurred just days after a warship took down four unmanned aerial vehicles in the same waters.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy destroyers including the Laboon, Carney and Mason have all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/12\/13\/uss-mason-takes-down-drone-for-at-least-the-second-time-this-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">taken down drones and missiles<\/a> in recent weeks while also assisting commercial vessels in the region. Additionally, U.S. Navy helicopters shot and sank three Iranian-backed Houthi small boats last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CENTCOM said in a statement in December that the U.S. has \u201cevery reason to believe that these attacks, while launched by the Houthis in Yemen, are fully enabled by Iran.\u201d Additionally, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Dec. 18 the creation of a multinational task force to help protect civilian ships in the economically vital sea route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Laboon is part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower\u2019s carrier strike group, which departed Norfolk, Virginia, in October for a scheduled deployment. 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