European Union Operation Aspides photo
- A French warship intercepted at least three Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday.
- Intense footage shows the moment a surface-to-air missile launched and hit one of the threats.
- It marks the latest engagement between Western navies and the Houthis.
Newly released footage from a French frigate operating in the southern Red Sea shows the warship shooting down a Houthi ballistic missile on Thursday.
The frigate, which is deployed to the region as part of the European Union security mission Operation Aspides, destroyed three ballistic missiles during the incident, marking one of the latest engagements between Western navies and the Iran-backed Houthis.