These were small, unguided rockets.
They were fired by small craft after the Iranians warned the vessels in the area that they were going to conduct the exercise.
They clearly did it as a propaganda coup, and to try and show something in opposition to the US.
But such weapons and craft are not any kind of serious threat to the carrier or its escorts.
IMHO, we should warn the Iranian that any more live fire exercise within 50 miles of any US carrier will result in the obliteration of the vessels firing the ordinance, the base where they came from and all ships at it, and any airfields in the near vicinity of said base that might otherwise support those vessels.
And then be willing to follow through and rain hell down on them if they try anything like that again.
But make no mistake, this exercise did not pose a mortal threat to the carrier or its accompanying vessels. Those weapons may have injured or even killed a few sailors had they tried to target the carrier at that range...but any actual attack would have resulted in (hopefully) a swift and heavy response. But you never know with Obama in office.
If they had fired a larger guided missile, both the escorts and the carrier have the means to shoot them down.
We simply need a President in office who will not take such guff off of the Iranian.
Great post Jeff I agree 100%
if anything happens , I hope our Navy just reacts appropriately without consulting Washington whatsoever