Posted on 09/27/2024 11:33:46 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The US Navy intercepted a barrage of Houthi missiles and drones launched at three of its warships in the Red Sea on Thursday, two US defense officials said.
The attack was one of the largest yet on US warships in the Middle East, one of the officials told CNN.
The barrage was launched at the USS Spruance and USS Stockdale — both guided missile destroyers — and the USS Indianapolis, a littoral combat ship, as they traveled north of the Bab el-Mandeb strait.
The crucial waterway connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The US ships were targeted “while they were en route to support and assist the Israeli enemy,” Houthi army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yehya Saree claimed.
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Said another way: US Navy intercepts enemy missiles and (once again) does not return fire in any way.
🐫 With 2-humps told us if there are no American troops in harms way. Or in combat zones. I beg to differ with her.
I call that an act of war.
In olden days, firing upon a military ship would be what used to be called a n ACT OF WAR!..…......
Obviously the State Department runs the military and every admiral reports to the State Department. It's either State or Jill Biden.
Our Navy is picking up a huge amount of experience from this and it is the sharp prod to accelerate work on defenses for these sorts of attack.
Just enough to motivate and learn from but thankfully not in a do or die war.
Wonder if the Iranian spy ship gave them targeting info. Apparently neither Britannia no Columbia rule the waves anymore.
more of Kamala’s US military personnel NOT in a combat zone
Does anyone know why we are allowing this to happen?
Why have the Houthis not been obliterated yet??? Also the SEALS and Marines sent in for clean up duty?
Destroying an outdated $5,000 missile with a million dollar defensive weapon is not sustainable. Either someone is willing to put boots on the ground and take casualties to root out Houthi nests or those attaks will continue with increasingly more sophisticated drones and missiles.
Why intercept, target their launch sites and command and control centers and communications infrastructure.
I wonder how counterpart Chinese vessels would fare against the thousands of missiles we’ve seemlingly fended off incredibly well.
excellent point
It’s sad to watch a reptile so excited for war and death. If WW3 comes you will probably masturbate incessantly for a week in your parent’s basement.
AND, Trump is the only one with the 'Nads to do it.
Another goofy weird post that makes no sense, but as you frequently do on various topics you worked in something revealing homosexual overtones.
You cheer in every evil perpetrated by the Deep State. Are you evil or just too stupid to realize that every totalitarian government tries to focus the anger of their suffering citizens on outside enemies?. That is why we have been fighting wars nonstop for 35 years now. I wanted to give you the benefit of just being stupid but you ate stupid and evil as well.
Were the destroyers there to tow the LCS?
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