On Wednesday, the US Navy released video showing two guided missile ships intercepting nuclear missiles launched by Iran at Israel.
According to Fox News, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon’s hit director, told reporters on Tuesday that the USS Cole and the USS Bulkeley fired about a hundred interceptors during Iran’s assault of Israel with about 200 nuclear missiles. Regarding Tuesday’s unprecedented ballistic missile attack, Ryder told reporters,” You do n’t launch that many missiles at a target without the intent on hitting something”.
Capt. Bill Urban, a U. S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa director, told Fox News on Wednesday that “multiple” rockets fired by Iran had been” properly engaged” by the U. S. ships.
In a blog on X, previously Online, U. S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa shared two clips of the USS Cole and USS Bulkeley catching Egyptian weapons during Tuesday’s assault against Israel.
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U. S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa tweeted,” The U. S. Sixth Fleet guided missile destroyers USS Cole ( DDG 67 ) and USS Bulkeley ( DDG 84) engaged multiple Iranian ballistic missiles in defense of Israel from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, October 1, 2024″.
According to U. S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa, both of the U. S. ships are equipped with the vanguard arms program, which is especially designed for ballistic missile defence.
In response to rising tensions in the Middle East area, Fox News reported that the USS Arleigh Burke, the USS Cole, and the USS Bulkeley have been positioned off the Eastern Mediterranean to deter potential attacks against Israel and aid the United States alliance support its place.
During Iran’s earlier assault against Israel in April, the USS Carney and the USS Arleigh Burke shot along over 81 strike robots and six ballistic missiles, according to Fox News. During the April strike, Iran fired over 300 drones and weapons against Israel.
In a statement released by the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed that U. S. forces in the Middle East place “intercepted several missiles launched by Iran toward Israel” as part of America’s” commitment” to support Israel’s protection. The secretary of defense remarked that the United States “regrets this outrageous act of aggression by Iran” and demanded that Iran “halt any more attacks,” including those carried out by Iran-backed terrorist groups in the Middle East.
Austin added,” Our forces remain posed to safeguard U. S. troops and partners in the Middle East, and the Department maintains major capability to support our people, provide additional support for Israel’s self-defense, and deter more escalation”.