Posted on 10/11/2016 3:00:23 PM PDT by Nachum
The crew of a guided-missile destroyer fired three missiles to defend themselves and another ship after being attacked on Sunday in the Red Sea by two presumed cruise missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi-forces, USNI News has learned.
During the attack against USS Mason (DDG-87), the ship’s crew fired the missiles to defend the guided-missile destroyer and nearby USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) from two suspected cruise missiles fired from the Yemini shore, two defense officials told USNI News.
Mason launched two Standard Missile-2s (SM-2s) and a single Enhanced Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) to intercept the two missiles that were launched about 7 P.M. local time. In addition to the missiles, the ship used its Nulka anti-ship missile decoy, the sources confirmed. Mason was operating in international waters north of the strait of Bab el-Mandeb at the time of the attack.
According to a defense official on Monday, Mason “employed onboard defensive measures” against the first suspected cruise missile, “although it is unclear whether this led to the missile striking the water or whether it would have struck the water anyway.” The official did not specify that the defensive measure was a missile fired from the ship.
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The guys is punking you. He’s part of the spelling police. It’s court-martial and the plural is courts-martial.
I think I have a general idea, yes.
You’re welcome
How do we know they were actually in International waters? what were they doing there in the first place? It sounds like Obama is ordering the navy to get into position to invite an attack. The war between the Saudis and Yemen is none of our business - unless they are trying to start a false flag attack.
So you think that before the election, Obama wanted to show the utter failure of the Obama-Clinton Iran policy by reminding everyone that Iran was trying to take control the Red Sea?
It is complicated, and I would be guessing as to what actually happened, or if it has any connection to Obama and his policies or agenda. Since these incidents happened the military investigation of the so called missile attacks on the ships has come under question. this means that the retaliation could have most definitely been an over reaction, a knee jerk reaction or, was done to show their military might. In my opinion, anytime the US military is attacked they should defend themselves 100%. and if need be stop any further attacks on them. But with the political upheavals going on right now it makes me wonder if events like that are not created or fabricated to deflect from the political problems at home. I hope that was not the case.
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