Inexcusable IMHO...tends to confirm that their missile detection and wanring systems were not on. I hope this is not the case...but this is simply amaziong and inexcusable if true. Will wait for more official word.
Sometimes the digital message traffic to/from the CMS gets in the way.
Jeff, one othrt interesting point..the next generation of US Navy DDE's and missile frigates have greatly reduced crews. Supposedly the damage control systems are "automated"..I suspect that when they do a detailed analysis of the heroic job done by the Israeli crew, a few senior US admirals are in for a rude awakening. If the Israeli ship had been manned at the proposed US levels, I suspect it would be at the bottom now..
I've been digging around for a few hours, and I can't find anything other than what was reported before about their "detection and deflection" gear being deliberately turned off. I still don't know if that meant EW gear, or some part of the weapons system.
What I am trying to find out is if they are talking about passive (EW) detection gear, or active (radar) detection gear. Since they used the phrase "detection and deflection" instead of "detection and destruction", that seems to indicate that they are talking about a combination of passive receivers and active jammers, rather than active radars and missile systems.
If it was the EW gear that was turned off, somebody needs to hang for it.