Friendly fire targets U.S. drone in Red Sea --A German warship fired two missiles at what it thought was a Houthi UAV, but missed | 28 Feb 2024 | The German frigate Hessen, which was deployed to the Red Sea as part of an EU mission, mistakenly fired on an American drone earlier this week, the German Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. Berlin had previously disclosed the Hessen's first successful engagement, in which the vessel shot down two Houthi drones within 15 minutes of one another on Tuesday. On Monday evening, however, the frigate used two SM-2 missiles to target an unidentified drone, but both failed to hit the target, according to German Defense Ministry spokesman Michael Stempfle. "The case was resolved in the sense that it was not a hostile drone, which only became clear afterwards," Stempfle said.