A Houthi missile got so close to a US destroyer the warship turned to a last resort gun system to shoot it down

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A Houthi anti-ship cruise missile fired into the Red Sea came within a mile of a US Navy destroyer on Tuesday, close enough that the American warship turned to its Close-In Weapon System — a last line of defense.

Most missiles are shot down farther out. This is the closest that a Houthi attack has come to an American warship, four US officials told CNN, which reported additional details of the incident on Wednesday.

US Central Command, or CENTCOM, initially said on Tuesday that around 11:30 p.m. local time, the Houthis fired a single anti-ship cruise missile from Yemen toward the Red Sea and it was shot down by USS Gravely.

There were no reported damage or injuries. CENTCOM declined Business Insider's request for additional information on Tuesday's missile downing.

For several months, the Iran-backed rebels have relentlessly fired one-way attack drones and missiles into key waterways off the coast of Yemen. Many of these threats have been shot down by US warships — and sometimes by British or French forces — though some of the munitions have struck commercial vessels transiting the region. No warships have been struck.

US Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are equipped with at least one CIWS, which features a close-range, radar-guided automatic 20 mm cannon that can fire up to 4,500 rounds per minute and has an effective range out to about two nautical miles.

Before a ship's CIWS is engaged, capabilities like the warship's SM-2 or SM-3 interceptors come into play. These are fired from vertical launch system cells before they then intercept and destroy airborne threats. An SM-3 "hits threats with the force of a 10-ton truck traveling 600 mph," according to Raytheon, the weapon's manufacturer.

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