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 by Staff Writers Riyadh (AFP) July 18, 2018
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday intercepted a missile fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, where a Riyadh-led coalition is fighting the insurgents, state media said. The ballistic missile was fired from the northern Yemeni province of Saada towards the southern Saudi city of Najran, but no casualties were reported, said a coalition statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency. The Iran-backed Huthis have ramped up missile attacks against Saudi Arabia in recent months, which Riyadh usually says it intercepts. Wednesday's attack brings the tally to 162 rebel missiles launched since 2015, according to the coalition, which that year joined the Yemeni government's fight against Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels. In 2014, the Huthis overran the Yemeni capital and seized control of much of northern Yemen as well as a string of ports on the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their allies intervened in the conflict the following March, aiming to push back the Huthis and restore the internationally recognised government to power. Riyadh accuses its regional rival Tehran of supplying the Huthis with ballistic missiles, a charge Iran denies. Nearly 10,000 people have been killed in the Yemen conflict since the 2015 intervention, 2,200 of them children. The war has pushed the long-impoverished country to the brink of famine.
HII launches guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2018 Huntington Ingalls announced it has successfully launched the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. last week. The new guided-missile destroyer was moved over the course of several days last week to a dry dock that was slowly flooded until the ship was afloat in the water, where final production of the vessel can now start, officials said. "This is the one of the most significant milestones in the life of any ship," President Brian Cuccias.of Ingalls Shipbuilding said in a ... read more
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