The UK's HMS Diamond, a Type 45 Destroyer, neutralized a suspected Houthi drone over the Red Sea with a Sea Viper (Aster) missile. The drone was allegedly aiming at merchant shipping. The UK Ministry of Defense and the UK Defense Minister confirmed the event. In a related development, the Pentagon provided details on the US Navy's involvement in a similar incident involving a Houthi drone.
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Royal Navy destroyer's Sea Viper surface-to-air missile shoots down drone targeting Red Sea merchant ships https://t.co/Wl1WveOYfi https://t.co/JQFm4g50dx
Royal Navy destroyer's Sea Viper surface-to-air missile shoots down drone targeting Red Sea merchant ships https://t.co/aATu7XkDVW https://t.co/4agZvQe8WQ
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The UK MOD has confirmed that the Type 45 Destroyer HMS Diamond engaged and downed a drone over the Red Sea with a Sea Viper (Aster) missile. https://t.co/2tlYa8UITU
🔴 UK DEFENCE MINISTER: UK NAVY SHIP SHOOTS DOWN SUSPECTED ATTACK DRONE IN RED SEA TARGETING MERCHANT SHIPPING
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