Posted on 12/27/2023 10:34:34 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched a massive barrage of drones and missiles at Israel, only to see their weapons intercepted and destroyed by the guided missile destroyer USS Laboon and F/A-18 fighters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier battle group.
CENTCOM said U.S. forces “shot down twelve one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles in the Southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis over a 10 hour period.”
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If we didn’t have an incompetent lardass Sec of Defense, we would be shooting Houthis instead of shooting down missiles fired by said Houthis.
Swatting flys with million dollar flyswatters. Oh well, better than doing nothing I suppose.
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