Iran seems to have struck a ship off the Indian coast with an unmanned aerial car, a U.S. official advised Fox Information on Saturday.
It comes as Houthi militants focused a number of cargo ships on Saturday, because the group fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles into worldwide delivery lanes situated within the Southern Pink Sea, in line with U.S. Central Command.
No ships have been impacted by the ballistic missiles, officers stated.
The USS Laboon shot down 4 unmanned aerial drones on Saturday which originated from areas that the Houthis management in Yemen.
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U.S. Naval Forces Central Command additionally acquired studies from two ships within the Southern Pink Sea on Saturday at 8 p.m. that they have been beneath assault.
Norwegian-flagged M/V Blaamanen, a chemical/oil tanker, reported that there was a close to miss by a Houthi one-way assault drone, including that nobody was injured.
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The second ship, Gabon-owned, Indian-flagged M/V Saibaba, which carried crude oil, reported it was hit by a one-way assault drone. No accidents have been reported, and the USS Laboon responded to the assaults.
The incidents mark the 14th and fifteenth assaults by Houthi Militants on business ships since Oct. 17.