The Gentleman Report
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Two ballistic missiles had been fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen towards a US warship within the Gulf of Aden, after the United States Military replied to a misery name from a industrial tanker that were seized via armed folks, the United States army mentioned Sunday.
The tanker, known because the Central Park, were wearing a shipment of phosphoric acid when its workforce referred to as for assist that “they had been beneath assault from an unknown entity,” the United States Central Command mentioned in a remark.
The USS Mason, a guided-missile destroyer, and allied ships from a counter-piracy activity pressure that operates within the Gulf of Aden and stale the coast of Somalia replied to the decision for assist and “demanded liberate of the vessel” upon arrival, Central Command mentioned.
“Due to this fact, 5 armed folks debarked the send and tried to escape by way of their small boat,” mentioned the remark posted on social media platform X.
“The Mason pursued the attackers ensuing of their eventual give up,” the remark added, with out figuring out the attackers.
Hours later, at 1:41 a.m. native time on Monday morning, two ballistic missiles had been fired from spaces managed via Houthi rebels in Yemen “towards the overall location” of the USS Mason and Central Park, the remark mentioned.
“The missiles landed within the Gulf of Aden roughly ten nautical miles from the ships,” the remark mentioned.
The Mason was once completing its reaction to the Central Park’s misery name on the time of the missile launches. There was once no harm or reported accidents from the Central Park or the Mason consequently, it added.
A remark from Zodiac Maritime, which manages the Central Park, mentioned Sunday the Liberian-flagged chemical tanker was once secure “and all the workforce, the vessel, and load are unhurt.”
The tanker seems to have hyperlinks to an Israeli-owned corporate; Zodiac Maritime is indexed as a industry belonging to Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Ofer World, although a spokesperson talking on behalf of Zodiac Maritime, Janni Jarvinen, mentioned Sunday that Zodiac “isn’t owned via Ofer World.”
Gen. Erik Kurilla, commander of US Central Command, mentioned within the remark on Sunday that maritime area safety ‘is very important to regional balance.”
“We can proceed to paintings with allies and companions to make sure the security and safety of global delivery lanes,” Kurilla mentioned.
