US Shoots Down 24 Houthi Drones And Missiles In Biggest Attack So Far

Daily Caller ^ | January 09, 2024 9:25 PM ET | MICAELA BURROW - INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, DEFENSE

[jerod]

If these are the same missiles that Russia is using.... No wonder they’re losing.

[Ken522]

Wonder how much each missle costs? Raytheon has got to be loving this .....

[ComputerGuy]

...and one anti-ship ballistic missile...
Fired at a moving target?

[himno hero]

They need to Target the launch sites and the host of terrorism, Iran.
Wasting all that missle cash just to hammer drones is simply not cost effective.

[riverrunner]

Shouldn’t we be sending some ordinance. Back to them.

[Ex-Episcopalian]

So will Biden figure out how to send Iran more money which will be used to improve the terrorist proxies?

[Chainmail]

"Fired at a moving target?

Ballistic missile refers to its trajectory, not its guidance system.

[kg_mobster]

I am assuming that the author is using the wrong term and actually means anti-ship missile, which has to be programmed before launch and generally uses radar to home in on its target.

[ComputerGuy]

Yes, I know. Must be a short time in flight, though.

[thegagline]

US taxpayers should not be bearing the cost to defend foreign flagged vessels.
That said, if our ships are actually being targeted, why aren't we bombing the terrorists out of existence?

[spincaster]

“The Houthis will bear the responsibility for the consequences should they continue to threaten lives, the global economy, or the free flow of commerce in the region’s critical waterways,”

Idel threats from this administration, These Houthis and the Blowfish should have been tracked down and destroyed months ago.

[Alberta's Child]

US taxpayers should not be bearing the cost to defend foreign flagged vessels.

I would have hoped that this sentiment would be unanimous on this website. I honestly think one would have to be retarded to disagree with it.

[The Louiswu]

US Military = World Police

[maddog55]

Damn.. based on that picture they’re shooting drone boats with a 50.. last resort I would think.

CWIS systems were upgraded to “block ib” variants which added surface protection vice just air threats only using that along with the SeaRAM would be far more effective than a 50.

[Feckless]

Why aren’t we bombing the launch sites? No way we don’t know within a few meters the locations.

[Alberta's Child]

The U.S. has no legal or diplomatic justification to engage in military action to protect foreign commercial shipping in international waters. This whole mission has been a disaster from the start.

[Spktyr]

They aren’t.

[Spktyr]

They aren’t. Raytheon can’t get the chips needed to build replacement missiles. They’ve bitterly complained about that. It’s not that they don’t *want* to make a ton of money off it, it’s just that they *can’t*.

[Spktyr]

ASBMs are now a thing, and yes, they do work against a moving target.