british destroyer to shoot down 21 drones and missiles. and for only the third time in history, f-18 super hornets scored air-to-air kills. back to the pentagon, officials admit they botched this issue with austin. i think, again, we recognize the need to be better when it comes to transparency. and as a senior dod public affairs official. i will work very hard with our senior staff to make sure that we re doing due diligence and meeting the standard that the public expects and has communicated very loudly throughout this process. white house says it s launching a review for cabinet protocols and the chairman of the house armed services committee has launched an investigation himself. guys? lucas, the review that they are doing review was ordered by the chief of staff kelly
sinking three houthi boats on december 31st that ended up killing all of the militants that were in that boat. you kind of see this cycle of escalation picking pup what we know is that three u.s. destroyers responded to this barrage of missile and drone attacks by the houthis overnight, as well as a uk destroyer, just a really significant response here, shooting down 21 missiles and drones launched by the houthis from yemen. we saw f-18 fighter jets from the eisenhower aircraft carrier in the red sea also participated in the shoot down of the barrage of missiles and drones. an escalation like this raises questions about whether the u.s. is going to respond in a more meaningful way, perhaps a preemptive way, against the houthis in yemen. we kind of see hints of that in a statement released from central command last night discussing this houthi attack. they said that the u.s. as well as 14 countries issued a joint statement on january 3rd saying the houthis will bear the
one of the largest attacks on cargo and the red sea. secretary of state antony blinken was in the region warns there will be consequences. cbs s charlie d agata reports from israel near the red sea. reporter: tonight, new images show the moment a british warship fired its air defense system at incoming attack drones in the red sea. three u.s. destroyers took part in repelling a barrage of drones and missiles. in addition to f-18 fighter jets taking flight from the deck of the uss dwight d. eisenhower, aircraft carrier. the u.s. military central command describes a complex attack launched by iranian-backed houthi rebels in yemen involving 18 drones, two cruise missiles, and one antiship ballistic missile. it is one of the largest of more than two dozen attacks on vital shipping lanes in the red sea since november 19th, when houthi commandos brazenly boarded the galaxy leader cargo ship.
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