US fighter jets, destroyers, and Patriot missiles shot down loads of Iranian weapons to shield Israel from an unprecedented attack

The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke.US Navy photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Pittman

• Iran launched a barrage of munitions at Israel in an unprecedented attack over the weekend.
• The US used fighter jets, Patriot missiles, and guided-missile destroyers to help thwart the attack.

The US helped thwart Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, using F-15s and F-16s, missiles from a Patriot air-defense system, and two US Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean.

Iran and allied militias in Yemen launched a barrage of 120 ballistic missiles, 30 cruise missiles, and 170 attack drones on Israel in a massive escalation of the Middle East crisis over the weekend.

Israeli officials said the US and allied forces from the UK, France, and Jordan, with support from Israel's Iron Dome and Arrow-3 systems, intercepted 99% of Iran's munitions.

However, US officials told CBS News and The Wall Street Journal that about half of Iran's ballistic missiles malfunctioned and failed to launch.