[TXnMA]

If that Israeli captain was sitting off shore with his Phalanx system turned off -- even if he was supposedly depending on his Barak missiles -- his @$$ is gr@$$...

[2111USMC]

FReeper Jeff Head just posted some interesting information about this (don't know how to link his post here).

Sounds as if they were so close to shore that they didn't have time to respond even if the system did pick up the incoming threat.