A UK destroyer scored the Royal Navy’s first missile kill since the Gulf War, when one of its warships pulled off another historic first

April 26, 2024

Business Insider

A UK warship on Wednesday shot down a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis in Yemen, marking the Royal Navy’s first such kill since the Gulf War more than 30 years ago.

The HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer, used its advanced Sea Viper missile interceptors to down the deadly Houthi threat while the warship was protecting a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, according to a new report.

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