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US Carney warship shoots down Houthi Rebels’ drones in Red Sea

US Carney warship shoots down Houthi Rebels’ drones in Red Sea

The US warship shot down three Houthi rebels’ drones headed in the ship’s direction in the Red Sea on Dec 04. As per US Central Command, Arleigh-Burke Class destroyer USS CARNEY responded to distress calls from the ships, provided assistance. The attacks marked an escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war. For the first time in the conflict, multiple vessels found themselves in the crosshairs of a single Houthi’s assault. US Central Command condemned the attack and called it a “direct threat to international commerce, maritime security”. While, the US believed that these attacks launched by the Houthis in the Red Sea from Yemen, were fully “enabled by Iran”. Yemen's Houthi Rebels claimed that drone and missile attacks were on “two Israeli vessels” in the southern Red Sea

04 December,2023 02:40 PM IST | Mumbai
Pakistan's drone shot down by BSF in Amritsar

Pakistan's drone shot down by BSF in Amritsar

Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a Pakistani drone on the outskirts of Shaidpur Kalan village of Amritsar on June 12. The recovered drone is a Quadcopter of model DJI Matrice 300 RTK series. 

12 June,2023 03:39 PM IST | Mumbai
Indian 'spy' drone shot down, claims Pakistan

Indian 'spy' drone shot down, claims Pakistan

akistani military said it had shot down an Indian 'spy' drone along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber. This comes as a new sign of the decades-old tension between the nuclear-armed rivals in the region.

16 July,2015 11:55 AM IST
Putin says Turkey shot down Russian plane to defend IS oil supplies

Putin says Turkey shot down Russian plane to defend IS oil supplies

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the reason Turkey downed a Russian warplane last week was that it wanted to protect supplies of oil from Islamic State.

01 December,2015 12:28 PM IST

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