Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday.
The tanker, identified as the Central Park, had been carrying a cargo of phosphoric acid when its crew called for help that “they were under attack from an unknown entity,” the US Central Command said in a statement.
The USS Mason, a guided-missile destroyer, and allied ships from a counter-piracy task force that operates in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia responded to the call for help and “demanded release of the vessel” upon arrival, Central Command said.
“Subsequently, five armed individuals debarked the ship and attempted to flee via their small boat,” said the statement posted on social media platform X.
So many wars to wage! So much money to make!
“The missiles landed in the Gulf of Aden approximately ten nautical miles from the ships,"
Yeah… Not concerned at all.
Balistic missles are not an ideal antiship weapon.
the high angle of attack reduces opportunity for intercept by all but the most advanced and expensive systems. it may seem counterintuitive, but we’re not dealing with 1960s ballistic missiles, we can now guide during terminal descent.
From the description though it seems like these ballistic missiles were about as technologically advanced as a firework.
What a weird article leaving out very key information of the tanker being an israeli vessel
This video with too loud background music does a lot better a job of explaining what happened https://youtu.be/-VOF2v9cogI?si=V7Vm33fBIIBi5-Yb
Yup, what the heck is going on there. There’s this one comment about how the U.S got technologically surpassed and I’m just thinking “even if it’s true, they have nukes. Who will ever test them??”
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I wonder if conservatives are gonna run with this story and make the Houthis the next Supervillain Of The Month, or just slap the “rebel” tag on them and forget about it.
The Houthis are an Iranian proxy. The smart conservatives will know this and will incorporate it into their vilification efforts. The stupid ones don’t need anything like a reason or a plausible excuse.
They’ll just bring up Hunter’s laptop, Clinton’s emails, and some form of “Border crisis” down south.
don’t forget about the border crisis up north.
did you hear about the massive terrorist attack on the northern border that wasnt totally just a sad, and tragic car accident?
Well conservative have no idea what is going on. If they say the Houthi are bad then they cannot complain about Obama bombing them. If they say the are not bad, then Israil will be upset.
