Article below. Also engaged drone waves. Based on the article, it is not expected the cruise missiles and the drones were aimed at the CARNEY, but were likely headed towards Israel.

USS Carney intercepts three missiles heading north out of Yemen (navytimes.com)

Shooting dumb rockets at the most advanced anti-air system in the world, smart.

I'm guessing they got their video material and will probably mock up a video showing them sinking a ship.

From the article linked in the linked article:

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"We cannot say for certain what these missiles were targeting, but they were launched from Yemen, along the Red Sea, potentially towards targets in Israel," he said. "This attack may be ongoing, so if we have more information to share, we will."

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Or Jeddah or Mecca or Neom or anywhere along The Line.

Without knowing what kind of missiles we're talking about, it's impossible to know what their target was but I would think 2,000 kms away would be a pretty healthy distance for a missile coming from Yemen, probably supplied by Iran.

I realize the Navy is saying the missiles were over water. To check the distance and likely flight path, check out the Great Circle mapper. For a quick example, plug in Sana'a Yemen to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem or wherever.
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SAH-TLV

I found this list of Iranian Missiles which shows Iran having missiles that are capable of a 2,000 km range but, I don't know how good they are. I thought shorter ranges were more of Iran's specialty.
https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/weapon-program-background-report/table-irans-missile-arsenal

Of course with Iran being in bed with the Chinese for the past decade that I'm aware of (probably longer), anything is possible.

Yeah, seems I was wrong, they were lobbing missiles at Israel.

But that theater ballistic missile defense capability for the Aegis seems to be working just fine.

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