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EUNAVFOR ASPIDES warship IT Duilio repels UAV attack

12.03.2024 Strategic Communications

On 12 March 2024, between 02:00 a.m. and 05:45 a.m. (Djibouti time), an EUNAVFOR ASPIDES warship (Italian Destroyer CAIO DUILIO) repelled an attack from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) coming from Houthis controlled-territories in Yemen and posing a direct and imminent threat to the freedom of navigation.

The action performed by ITS DUILIO was effective in avoiding any damage to seafarers and merchant shipping.

EUNAVFOR ASPIDES has a defensive mandate, to protect shipping targeted by attacks at sea or air. Any response will always come as a consequence of an attack and be necessary, proportionate and limited to international sea or air-space.

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HELLENIC EU OHQ EUNAVFOR ASPIDES
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