An Israeli warship shot down an enemy threat in the Red Sea with a new air-defense weapon for the first time

• An Israeli warship downed a drone this week by firing a new air-defense system for the first time.
• The IDF confirmed the "first operational interception" of its C-Dome defense system.
• The C-Dome is the naval version of the Iron Dome and is outfitted on the Sa'ar 6-class corvette.

An Israeli warship shot down an enemy drone this week by firing a new naval air-defense weapon, marking the system's first-ever operational interception.

The Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, confirmed on Tuesday that a Sa'ar 6-class corvette missile ship "successfully intercepted" a drone above the Red Sea, near the southern city of Eilat, during the previous night. It hailed the engagement as the "first operational interception" by the warship's C-Dome defense system.