You and me both. The small hole forward of the helo deck is present on other pics of other ships of that class. That is not a missile hit. Somebody else did some research (don't know if it is on this thread or not), and the ship has a backup diesel propulsion system. In one pic, there is black soot around the after hole, in another there is black soot around both. Looks like exhaust ports to me.
If the missile flew in the helo hanger, I keep wondering "where's the damage?" They reported fires so severe that they almost lost the ship. The pics are showing no blistered or blackened paint, no warped bulkheads, no soot, no firefighting equipment, no fire watch on deck, nothing. I don't know, man. I am getting more and more skeptical as this goes along.
Add to that the fact that they said that they were providing the AAW for the task force, and they turned off their AAW capabilities? WTF?
The only smoke that I am seeing has mirrors involved.
Thyanks to you and others for putting a voice to the suspicion that I had about the first photos that hit the media.
Smoke and mirrors perhaps, but there are 4 dead Israeli sailors. At least a very dangerous game of cat and mouse. The cat however had longer and stronger nails then expected and it cut a good gash into the mouse. This happened just a day or two after Hezbollha claimed it had some 'surprises'.