France says considered one of its warships within the Purple Sea has been centered by way of two drones coming from YemenDecember 10, 2023, 4:46 AM ET• 1 min readPARIS — France stated Sunday that considered one of its warships within the Purple Sea was once centered by way of two drones coming from Yemen. Each had been intercepted and shot down.A brief remark from the Armies Ministry didn’t say who fired the drones on the French Army frigate Languedoc on Saturday night time.Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have have vowed to focus on ships working within the Purple Sea. The Houthi are staunch foes of Israel. They have got claimed a chain of maritime assaults because the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by way of Hamas militants that sparked their newest and deadliest struggle.France’s Armies Ministry stated the drones “got here directly at” the Languedoc two hours with the exception of the route of Yemen. The warship destroyed them each about 110 kilometers (70 miles) off the Purple Sea port of Al Hudaydah at the Yemeni coast, it stated.The remark didn’t say what weaponry the Languedoc used to deliver down the drones. The frigate is on a French Army project within the Purple Sea.
