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Ouch! Right at the waterline.
Thanks for the ping Jeff.
If the angle of impact was from the stern quarter it doesn't
look like the Phalanx would have had much coverage.
Israel maybe very lucky in this instance and learn a lot
about how their construction holds up, fire control, etc.
Seems more than likely they weren't. Somebody's got some splainin' to do.
Who built the ship and equipped it?
That's a nasty place for a hit - near the engine room ...
FYI.
From all the different reports I'd seen, anywhere from raging fires out of control to the boat sinking, I'd say it looks to be in pretty good condition considering what its been though.
Damn. Smack on the waterline, a clean hit. Looks like they may have been lucky to save it. I'm not so sure about the CIWS being able to engage it, though. If it came from the rear quarter, it might not have been able to turn back and down far enough. I do agree that it sounds like the crew, somehow, got caught unawares. Maybe they were too close to shore, not paying attention, distracted by the first missile, or some combination.
There was something mentioned in one article about the fire continuously reigniting after the crew put it out. Seems to me I remember hearing similar stories from the Falklands war, regarding the aluminum and magnesium and similar light alloys used in modern ships where older vessels used steel. It's worth remembering that these modern ships aren't the armored juggernauts we tend to think about from World War II. They're comparatively light and fragile, emphasizing their technology, speed, and firepower over armor.
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Wow - right at the water line - good job of damage control ...
There doesn't seem to be much damage. Not much of a list on the ship, and it's helicopter is still on the flight deck.
Israel hasn't had a real "Shootin' War" for over three decades. They're about due.
I've a feeling Syria's going to get its ass kicked.... Again!
Jack.
FYI...more infor with pics.
Looking at the impact point and considering the images of the C802 missile, would it be too far off to suggest that it was a near miss in that the water absorbed a lot of the explosion? A direct hit from that type of missile IMHO should have sunk it period or at least caused greater structural damage. I'm not a seaman but it seems they got off very lucky.
FYI...more info with pics.
Interesting pics.
that's pretty serious looking boat.
(BTW, did you see the Australian review of September Day that I sent)?
Thanks for the pics!
It looks like it hit from a rear angle (from the soot), but I have no idea how much of an angle it was. It looks more like a round hole than an elongated one, which would be more of a square hit than a stern-angle hit. IMHO, maybe from about 120 degrees off the bow? Major SWAG.
If the flight characteristics are similar to the Exocet, then the CIWS would only have a few seconds to hit it, in the final pop-up phase of its run. That is enough time, if they saw it coming. I agree: I don't think that the CIWS was powered up. Nor do I think that their passive gear was hot. They'd have seen it in enough time to turn the boat if it had have been.
That doesn't look like much of a impact to me from an exploding anti-ship missile, more like a dud that pieced the helo bay and blew up a helo fully gassed.
No expert, certainly.