The US navy on Sunday began investigating a possible overnight missile attack from Yemen on a group of American warships in the Red Sea, amid uncertainty about what transpired. American forces have fired back once with Tomahawk missiles, destroying mobile radar positions in the first shots fired by the US in anger in the Yemen war. Adm John Richardson, the navy’s top officer, said earlier on Saturday the destroyer USS Mason appeared “to have come under attack”. The Mason, an Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyer whose home port is Norfolk, Virginia, has been targeted twice before by missile fire out of Yemen, according to the US navy. Also known to be in the Red Sea near the Mason are the USS Nitze and the USS Ponce.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2016 12:45 UTC