In the early hours of the morning of Thursday 25 April, the Hydra frigate of the Greek Navy, currently engaged in the European Aspides mission to protect merchant ships in the Red Sea, opened fire on two drones in the Gulf of Aden
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From Brussels in a conversation with journalists on 22 April, Rear Admiral of the Greek Navy Vasilios Gryparis, commander of Aspides, spoke about the threat of Yemeni Houthis in the Red Sea and to want to expand the European Union naval mission.Despite 19 of the 27 EU countries are involved in Aspidesonly four ships, one Italian, one Greek, one French, and one German, are patrolling the area.
In two months the mission has escorted 68 ships and repelled eleven attacks.
“Just a single transit of one of our ships between the two largest distances to the area could take around ten days, and even crossing the high-risk area takes almost two days,” he said Vasilios Gryparis.
Greek frigate opens fire on two drones in the Gulf of Aden
In the early hours of Thursday 25 April the Hydra frigate of the Greek Navycurrently engaged in the Aspides mission, intercepted two drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi militants towards a commercial ship in Gulf of Aden. This was announced by the Greek Ministry of Defense. Since we learned the ship “opened fire on two drones, in accordance with the rules of engagement, one of which was shot down and the other moved away. The frigate is continuing its mission as usual.”
And the second time that the ship opened fire on drones during its mission in the Red Sea: the first episode occurred last March.
