(NBC News) Courtney Kube and Phil Helsel - The U.S. military launched Tomahawk cruise missiles against radar sites in Yemen Thursday following two incidents Sunday and Wednesday in which missiles were fired at the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason in international waters near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from rebel Houthi-controlled territory. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said, "These limited self-defense strikes were conducted to protect our personnel, our ships, and our freedom of navigation."
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