Smoke and mirrors perhaps, but there are 4 dead Israeli sailors. At least a very dangerous game of cat and mouse. The cat however had longer and stronger nails then expected and it cut a good gash into the mouse. This happened just a day or two after Hezbollha claimed it had some 'surprises'.
I meant smoke and mirrors regarding what is being reported. I apologize for any misunderstanding.
I don't see how the pics can be after-action shots, unless the ship didn't get hit. Even if the warhead didn't explode, there would be significant damage from a 600 knot impact. I'm thinking kamikaze slamming into a Destroyer kind of damage, and this thing is half the size of a Fletcher Class Destroyer. There should be lots of bent, twisted, scorched metal. I suspect that in the next few days we'll see pics of the ship with the back half blown to pieces.
I also have a very hard time believing that they turned off their defensive systems. What has been reported indicates that they turned off even their passive detection gear. That's insane. At first I was extremely angry about it, but then I thought about it some more. There is no way that they did that. I don't care what the press is reporting: There is no way that they did that.
I can (almost) understand them taking their weapons down from their automatic settings, but turning off their detection gear? To what purpose? Passive gear does not radiate; it is undetectable. There is absolutely no reason to turn it off, but the press is saying that they did. No way.
Too much doesn't make sense about what we are being told. I'm sure it will all be a lot more clear in time, but what has been reported thus far is bunk, IMHO.