US Defense Capabilities Demonstrated Through Successful Interception of Houthi Missiles

Chinese missiles do not pose any actual threat against the U.S. defense systems.

A Chinese missile frigate Yuncheng launches an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in the waters near south China's Hainan Island and Paracel Islands on July 8, 2016. Zha Chunming/Xinhua via AP

Commentary

In the arena of global geopolitics, tensions have been rising in the Red Sea in the Middle East and the South China Sea in the Indo-Pacific region. The Houthi terrorists and the Chinese navy have been relying on anti-ship missiles to confront the United States and its allies.