OT: US Navy ship attacked twice this week
This week, for the first time in history, a US Navy Destroyer, DDG87, the Mason, was attacked with ballistic missiles. They were fired by Houthi rebels from a land-based site in Yemen. The first attack of two missiles took place around noon ET Sunday, the second attack with two more missiles took place today. I know that there was at least one hard kill (incoming attacking missile taken out with a countermeasure defensive missile from the Mason.) The ship continues under heightened alert as it patrols the Red Sea. The Pentagon has vowed retaliation, and this has been confirmed. There are two other ships in the area: Destroyer USS Nitze and US Ponce, a ship that transports special forces.
This post is completely offtopic to the board . . . but is relevant to me because my daughter is an Aegis Computer Network Technician on this ship. Her job is to maintain and repair the network of computers controlling the Aegis Radar and Missile weapons system. That is precisely what protected the ship. My daughter wrote via FB, "We heard (the code for) "incoming missile attack, all hands stand by." She then added, "I just can't describe the feeling of knowing you could all possibly die in a matter of seconds."
Retaliation was planned prior to this morning's attack. With this second missile launch, a military response is virtually dictated from the US Navy. Follow the story, if of interest to you.
Now, back to our regularly programmed wife day and football posts.
EDIT: latest news from Washington Post as of 11:15pm EST, Wed. Oct. 12: Navy launches Tomahawk Missiles at Rebel Sites in Yemen after attacks on U.S. Ships.
According to the article 3 remote radar sites on the Yemen coast were hit by US missiles launched from the USS Nitze. This is close to real time: the missiles were launched about 4am local time Thurs. morning (8pm EST Wed. night). It appears they were specifically not targeting any heavily populated area.
EDIT 2: FTR, all information in this post came from public media sources (with the exception of my daughter's personal emotions when under attack.) Do a Google News Search on "USS Mason" to find dozens of news sources.
October 13th, 2016 at 7:58 AM ^
you may like it, but there's no net gain. i don't think the US likes being in these mideast wars, but it is beneficial.
thanks for playing tho
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October 12th, 2016 at 11:48 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 2:24 AM ^
The US isn't actively engaged in the war, but you do realize we're their strongest backer in this fight, right? We're providing lots in the way of logistics and intelligence. The US is not a neutral party here.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:00 PM ^
Sounds like it's time to send in the AT-ATs.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:07 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 11:44 PM ^
October 12th, 2016 at 11:52 PM ^
That goes without question, i'm confident he could hold both positions with success.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:04 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 5:27 PM ^
but you cannot disrespect their sacrifice and service. We don't need a strong military like we don't need a police department.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:17 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^
Thank you for sharing.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:12 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 7:24 AM ^
Isn't it not lame duck until the election?
October 13th, 2016 at 3:02 PM ^
Not really, for a second term president some consider them a lame duck as soon as the second term starts! Especially if Congress is the opposite party.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:13 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 11:48 PM ^
I definitely agree fully with OPSEC concerns. I don't want her to put anything out there that compromises her, or the ship, in any way. We never talk about ship movements, future actions, etc. etc. Anything posted comes from articles easily found via a Google News search. Nothing (other than what it felt like personally when under attack) was revealed by her, which is as it should be.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:31 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 12:05 AM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 12:13 AM ^
I'm extremely aware of OPSEC. All information posted came from public media sources. Sorry I didn't provide links to articles. If you do a simple Google News Search on "USS Mason," you can find all the links yourself. The exception as to info shared by my daughter was what it felt like for her personally when they knew they were under attack. I never ask and don't want to know of ship movements yesterday, today, or tomorrow. I don't know and I don't want to know the ship's missile payload. I don't want her to ever put up any classified info. And FTR, even when we chat, it is never in a public forum. I appreciate and agree with OPSEC concerns.
October 13th, 2016 at 12:53 AM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 11:21 PM ^
That said, what kind of moron rebel thinks that firing at the US Navy is a good idea. Not far removed from UBL's disasterous thought that 9-11 would scare fragile Americans into pulling out of the Middle East and specifically Saudi Arabia. Just piss-poor planning there, Houti rebels.
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October 12th, 2016 at 11:43 PM ^
October 12th, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
Love the acronyms, brought a tear to my eye!
October 12th, 2016 at 11:54 PM ^
October 13th, 2016 at 2:46 AM ^
Just an FYI, as far as I've seen, all the weapons incoming have been subsonic. The only thing supersonic have been the countermeasures (SM-2/ESSM). Both the C70x and C80x are subsonic AShM.
October 13th, 2016 at 1:03 AM ^
So many fiction believers out there.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:27 PM ^
"They were fired by Houthi rebels from a land-based site in Yemen."
That sentence is missing something.
"They were fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from a land-based site in Yemen."
There, that's better.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:48 PM ^
I wonder where they got the money to buy missiles?
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October 13th, 2016 at 7:50 AM ^
we just paid them 1.7 billion so they would be our friend ...