US Military Intercepts Cruise Missile Targeting USS Laboon Warship

Yemen-based Houthis fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward a U.S. Navy warship on Sunday, military officials confirmed. A statement from the Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees U.S. military forces in the Middle East, said the Houthis fired a missile at the USS Laboon at around 4:35 p.m. local time in the southern Red Sea. The missile was shot down by U.S. fighter aircraft. No injuries were reported. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which oversees Mideast waters, said the attack on the ship Monday happened some 110 miles southeast of Aden. The UK body said the ship’s captain reported that the port side of the vessel was “hit from above by a missile.” It did not identify the ship or elaborate further....