The British Navy destroyer HMS Diamond shot down a missile allegedly fired by the Houthi rebels on Wednesday of Yemen in opposition to merchant ships in the Gulf of Aden in the Red Sea, in accordance with the Ministry of Defense in London.
Defense has defined that HMS Diamond used its Sea Viper system to destroy the projectile, as a part of its operation safety of civil vessels in the face of assaults by the Yemeni group, which says it targets ships linked to Israel and its allies.
Defense Minister Grant Shapps thanked the crew for his or her work in “saving harmless lives” and defending delivery.
“The UK continues to be at the forefront of the worldwide response to the harmful Houthi assaults backed by Iran in opposition to business ships, which have claimed the lives of sailors” from a number of nations, he stated.
Grant stated this was the primary time a Royal Navy warship had intercepted a missile in fight because the Gulf War in 1991.
Attacks from Yemen on one of many busiest delivery routes have affected international provide chains and particularly to the distribution of oil, which elevated its value and that of different uncooked supplies.
