[Southack]

"At this point we know a missile was fired. The ship sustained some damage (at least a temporary mission kill), and four sailors appear to be dead. So what happened? In all likelihood, this ship did not sustain a serious hit. I say this because of the low loss of life and no serious fire damage. Even a dud would produce more if it entered the superstructure."

Light to moderate damage would hint at the Israeli ship's Phalanx scoring a kill against the missile...but close to the ship.

[Jeff Head]

See my post 142. Same question to you.