{"id":46606,"date":"2024-01-26T17:04:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/26\/uss-carney-shoots-down-missile-in-first-attack-on-navy-since-october\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:57:13","slug":"uss-carney-shoots-down-missile-in-first-attack-on-navy-since-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/01\/26\/uss-carney-shoots-down-missile-in-first-attack-on-navy-since-october\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Carney shoots down missile in first attack on Navy since October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JERUSALEM (AP) \u2014 Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels<\/a> launched a missile Friday at the Navy destroyer Carney as it patrolled the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, the U.S. military said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attack on the warship marks a further escalation in the biggest confrontation at sea the Navy has seen in the Middle East in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also represents the first time the Houthis directly targeted a U.S. warship since the rebels began their attacks on shipping in October, a U.S. official said on the condition of anonymity because no authorization had been given to discuss the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That contradicted a statement by the U.S. Central Command, which said the Houthis fired \u201ctoward\u201d the Carney. As it has in previous strikes, the Pentagon said it was difficult to determine what exactly the Houthis were trying to hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ever since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, the U.S. has tried to temper its descriptions of the strikes targeting its bases and warships to try to prevent the conflict from becoming a wider regional war.<\/p>\n\n\n\t