USS Laboon shoots down four drones in Red Sea – By Diana Stancy Correll

The destroyer Laboon, pictured moored in Souda Bay, Greece during a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in 2015. (MC2 Luis R. Chavez Jr/U.S. Navy)

The Navy destroyer Laboon shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles Saturday in the Red Sea that U.S. officials say originated from Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to U.S. Central Command.

The incident is the most recent instance where U.S. warships in the Middle East have intercepted air drones and missiles, and comes exactly a week after Navy destroyer Carney took down 14 attack drones in the Red Sea.

U.S. Central Command said that the Laboon shot down the drones, which “were inbound” to the destroyer, as it conducted a patrol in the Southern Red Sea as part of a multinational security initiative to safeguard commercial ships. No injuries or damage occurred due to the incident.

After shooting down the drones, the Laboon responded to distress calls after two commercial vessels came under attack on Saturday.

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