The USS Carney guided missile cruiser, which was operating in the northern Red Sea, shot down four Iranian-provided cruise missiles last week, according to people familiar with the episode.
Photo: U.S. NavyIran in recent days has unleashed the regional militias it has spent years arming, raising the risks of larger conflict in the region as Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Washington would react “swiftly and decisively” if Tehran or its proxy forces attack U.S. personnel.
For more than six months, these Iranian-backed militia groups refrained from launching drones or rockets against American troops in Iraq and Syria, as part of what appeared to be an undeclared truce between Tehran and Washington.
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