US destroyer has ballistic missiles fired toward it, after responding to attack on commercial tanker

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Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday.

The tanker, identified as the Central Park, had been carrying a cargo of phosphoric acid when its crew called for help that “they were under attack from an unknown entity,” the US Central Command said in a statement.

The USS Mason, a guided-missile destroyer, and allied ships from a counter-piracy task force that operates in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia responded to the call for help and “demanded release of the vessel” upon arrival, Central Command said.

“Subsequently, five armed individuals debarked the ship and attempted to flee via their small boat,” said the statement posted on social media platform X.

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This is about Saudi Arabia and Iran's proxy war in Yemen, not Israel

The tanker is owned by an Israeli billionaire family, dingus. Israeli businesses are using our military as their personal police.

US navy does indeed insure the safety of maritime travel and trade, as that is a net benefit for the US.

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