Posted on 03/09/2024 7:10:56 PM PST by Paul R.
March 9, 2024 Release Number 20240309 – 02 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TAMPA, Fla. – Following further engagements through the morning, U.S. and Coalition forces downed a total of at least 28 uncrewed aerial vehicles between 4:00 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. (Sanaa time) on March 9.
No U.S. or Coalition Navy vessels were damaged in the attack and there were also no reports by commercial ships of damage.
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Shooting down 28 cheap Yemeni drones with $12 million SM3 missiles may keep our ships from being sunk, but is it really a win?
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We’ve already lost the war until we can figure out a way to take out the drones cheaply.
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Use the missles to shoot the Houthi’s instead. No more Houthi’s; no more drones.
These drone attacks mean zip, zero, nothing in defeating them. We swatted down a few flies, but just like flies, they’ll be back again. Not even flies since the drones are unmanned. The Houthis are merely playing video games and will win every single time with no losses on their end.
The Houthi make up 1/3 the population (about the same numbers as Georgia, USA) of Yemen. Yemen has been fighting them for thousands of years. Apparently, Yemen hasn’t tried hard enough.
The Gaza Strip is the exact same size as Las Vegas so what’s taking so long turning it into a parking lot?
I wouldn’t really call that a win, now if they eliminate the source from where the Drone attacks came from then I would call that more of a win, other wise tomorrow it’s daja vue all over again until the enemy runs out of drones and money to buy new ones.
I see no evidence the Houthis are rooting for Biden, if anything they make him look weak and ineffective.
The US and Coalition Navies are defeating no one.They are not even deterring the attacks. THe only thing they do is deteriorate temporarily the ability of tyhe HOuthis t9 attack. Iran keeps sending weapons down the ppipe and propviding intel for tyhe attacks.
What is necessary is an organized covert targeting of supply ships and radar ships of Iran by nuclear sub. They all should be sunk within a few hours, followed on by a complete destruction of Houthi ordnance and facilities.
Then the US Navy can use the word defeat properly insgtead of this spin meme where they are not doingthe job of keeping the high seas free to all.
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That’s the reason they are rooting for Biden to remain POTUS. Trump would end this crap quickly, as evidenced by his destruction of ISIS. Good grief, man.
Phalanx CIWS works just fine. Too bad we removed and deleted them from our ships and our Navy is hastily trying to retrofit them where they can.
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