 U.S. warship downed Iranian drone. A U.S. Navy warship sailing near the Bab El Mandeb Strait shut down a drone launched from Yemen the U.S. military said in the latest in a string of threats from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. U.S. Central Command said the USS Kani, a naval destroyer, downed the drone and Iranian-made KAS-04, which was launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen and was headed toward the warship. The ship was operating in the southern Red Sea and was moving toward the Strait. At the time of the morning shoot-down, the Kani was escorting the U.S. NS supply, a military sea-lift command, fast combat supply ship, as well as another U.S. flagged and crewed ship carrying military equipment to the region. There were no injuries to U.S. personnel and no damage to the ships, the command said in a statement. The shoot-down came a day after an Iranian drone flew within 1,370 meters of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier as it was conducting flight operations in international waters. Navy Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, said that the drone violated safety precautions by not staying more than 18.5 kilometers from the ship. The drone ignored multiple warnings but eventually turned away. This unsafe, unprofessional and irresponsible behavior by Iran risks U.S. and partner nation lives and needs to cease immediately, Cooper said.