Well you're not the only one with great understanding of how the military works to have absolutely zero faith in any of its members to follow orders to keep their mouths shut. Seems the more people "know," the less they think duty, honor and country can survive a few beers.
But I will say this - IF the US Navy didn't actually fire that missile, then they damn sure know who did. Because they had all sorts of assets in the area where it was fired from, conducting Aegis combat coordination drills no less. So if twenty ships and several billion dollars in combat technology can't track or stop a couple of rag heads from firing a SAM from a fishing boat, then we should just shut down the Navy altogether and call it a day.
There wasn’t a missile. Everyone on that ship would have know the instant one fired. They are actually quite an event.
And the ship would have tracked the missile and known immediately. They would have been the heroes of the day. But again, they all stay silent. But we all know sailors never talk. That’s why there aren’t words like scuttlebutt, or sea-stories.
But just for fun, flesh it out for me. What specific US Navy ship or ships do you say were either the missile firers or the ones who tracked it and covered it up? I’d like names.
Which 20 ships were they?