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U.S. Navy Destroyer Shot Down Missiles, Drones over Nine Hours
(Task & Purpose) Nicholas Slayton - A U.S. Navy destroyer shot down multiple drones and cruise missiles off the coast of Yemen on Oct. 18, several more than the Navy originally reported. The USS Carney, a guided-missile destroyer, opened fire with SM-2 surface-to-air missiles on four cruise missiles and 15 airborne drones for nine hours, far longer than the military first said. The missiles were fired by the Houthi rebels in Yemen and CNN cited an American official saying the path and trajectory of the missiles had them en route to Israel. The details come after two days of drone attacks on American installations in Iraq and Syria.