Iranian-backed Houthis launched the missiles in the vicinity of M/V
Huang Pu, a Chinese-owned oil tanker, the Central Command said in a post on X.
A fifth missile was fired
toward the oil tanker, which issued a distress call, the Central Command said,
adding that no casualties were reported in the incident and a fire on board was
extinguished.
U.S. forces then engaged six UAVs, five of which crashed into the Red
Sea, and one flew inland into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the Central
Command said.