An unspecified U.S. fighter shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired from Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen.
The missile was heading toward the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Laboon in the southern Red Sea, U.S. Central Command said Sunday evening eastern.
The missile was shot down in vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah by U.S. fighter aircraft.
This is the first time a shoot-down by an aircraft during this crisis has not had its service specified.
USS Laboon has shot down numerous Houthi missiles and drones in recent weeks.
A U.S. defense official has told The War Zone that the fighter was indeed land-based.
This would be the first known engagement of a Houthi weapon by land-based U.S. fighter aircraft since the crisis erupted. »
