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US Destroyer Again Targeted by Missiles Off Coast of Yemen

by VOA News

   Multiple missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen again have
   targeted a U.S. warship in the Red Sea, U.S. officials said Saturday.

   The incident took place late Saturday or early Sunday local time.

   The USS Mason was not hit, officials said. It was the third time this
   week that the destroyer and other U.S. ships had been targeted off the
   coast of Yemen.

   The U.S. military on Thursday struck three radar sites in Yemen in
   response to missile launches from territory controlled by Houthi
   rebels.

   A Pentagon statement said the destroyer USS Nitze launched Tomahawk
   cruise missiles at radar sites along Yemen's Red Sea coast, north of
   the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. The statement said destroying the radar sites
   would degrade the attackers' ability to track and target ships in the
   future.

   Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook described the strikes as "self-defense"
   measures taken protect U.S. personnel and ships.

   VOA's Steve Herman contributed to this report.