U.S. Navy Destroyer Targeted Again in Missile Attack Off Yemen

gcaptain/Reuters ^ | October 12, 2016 | Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

[rockinqsranch]

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer was targeted on Wednesday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, the second such incident in four days, the U.S. military said.

SNIP

The USS Mason was also the target of a failed missile attack off Yemen on Sunday, and the Navy praised the resolve of sailors aboard the ship.

[rockinqsranch]

Related article:

http://gcaptain.com/photos-show-catastrophic-damage-to-hsv-swift-following-missile-attack/#at_pco=smlwn-1.0&at_si=57ff021d21607b6a&at_ab=per-2&at_pos=0&at_tot=1

Another related article:

http://gcaptain.com/u-s-navy-destroyer-targeted-in-failed-missile-attack-off-yemen/

[rockinqsranch]

Related article:

http://gcaptain.com/photos-show-catastrophic-damage-to-hsv-swift-following-missile-attack/#at_pco=smlwn-1.0&at_si=57ff021d21607b6a&at_ab=per-2&at_pos=0&at_tot=1

Another related article:

http://gcaptain.com/u-s-navy-destroyer-targeted-in-failed-missile-attack-off-yemen/

[House Atreides]

We should simply stay away from coastal Yemen. I smell a pretext being set up by the Obama regime to allow it to intervene to do the Saudi’s work for them. That would also provide a “wag the dog” situation to benefit Hillary.

[rockinqsranch]

Another related article:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3479922/posts

[rockinqsranch]

Agree.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

.. I smell a pretext being set up by the Obama regime to allow it to intervene to do the Saudi’s work for them. That would also provide a “wag the dog” situation to benefit Hillary ..

THANK YOU.

Finally, some commonsense on this topic. Who ordered the UAE Swift boat to patrol - on its 'humanitarian mission' - within the 4000 metre range of a land fired TOW?

[Lent]

Ding ding ding. Late night prize goes to... House Atreides

Doing the Muslims dirty work.

[tumblindice]

Barky’s just serving as lackey/lickspittle for his Saudi masters, putting American lives in harms way.
Go golf a**whole!

[az_gila]

...Who ordered the UAE Swift boat to patrol - on its ‘humanitarian mission’ - within the 4000 metre range of a land fired TOW?

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Range is a lot less over water...

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/23-34/Ch2.htm#s2p2

[Byron_the_Aussie]

Not relevant, mon frère. If a TOW wasn't available they could have engaged it with a .22 LR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNeEYlO3Iw

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

If Trump were president, he would have taken out that Iran-backed group on Yemeni territory.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Never mind....just saw on another thread that the U.S. has taken out the radar sites involved with the attempted attacks on the U.S. Navy ships.

[RitchieAprile]

missile was reported to have been a C802 cruise missile probably sourced from Iran.

https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-mason-fired-3-missiles-to-defend-from-yemen-cruise-missiles-attack

[az_gila]

missile was reported to have been a C802 cruise missile probably sourced from Iran.

https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-mason-fired-3-missiles-to-defend-from-yemen-cruise-missiles-attack

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Thanks, that makes much more sense than a TOW....

But it still cost around $2 million in US missiles fired against it.