By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-28 00:36:20 | Updated at 2024-09-30 13:24:10
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US Navy warships fought off a 'complex' missile and drone attack in the Red Sea
Business Insider ^ | 9/27/24 | Jake Epstein
Posted on 09/27/2024 5:01:34 PM PDT by hardspunned
US Navy warships shot down a barrage of Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea on Friday in what a Pentagon spokesperson described as a "complex attack."
Sabrina Singh, the deputy Pentagon spokesperson, said no US warships were damaged or struck by the Houthi munitions, and there were no injuries to American personnel.
"We did see a complex attack launched from the Houthis that ranged from cruise missiles and [drones]," Singh told reporters at a briefing. "My understanding is that those were either engaged and shot down or failed."
The Houthis said earlier that they targeted three Navy warships with nearly two dozen ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. The Iran-backed rebels claimed to score direct hits on the vessels, although US officials pushed back on this and there's no credible evidence to support it.
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TOPICS: War
KEYWORDS: houthi; navy; navywarship; redsea
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Wait until the Russian “volunteers” are doing the targeting of the new missiles in Yemen.
1 posted on 09/27/2024 5:01:34 PM PDT by hardspunned
To: hardspunned
Well good for them.
Now eliminate the Houthes.
2 posted on 09/27/2024 5:04:24 PM PDT by Paladin2
To: hardspunned
If Reagan was president large swaths of Yemen would be a smoking ruin by now….
3 posted on 09/27/2024 5:05:15 PM PDT by wny
To: All
I’m pretty impressed since they are all almost out of fuel, due to their only refueling ship run aground.
What happens when they are empty?
4 posted on 09/27/2024 5:11:51 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
To: hardspunned
Our Navy is picking up a huge amount of experience from this and it is the sharp prod to accelerate work on defenses for these sorts of attack.
Just enough to motivate and learn from but thankfully not in a do or die war.
5 posted on 09/27/2024 5:15:07 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: hardspunned
Something must have gone badly...
Their use of the word “complex” is the beginning of excuses for government failure, normally...
6 posted on 09/27/2024 5:18:18 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
To: hardspunned
“US Navy warships fought off a ‘complex’ missile and drone attack in the Red Sea”
that’s great ... did they then use the resulting targeting information to destroy the launch sites, the launch personnel, and the missile storage sites? ... if not, why not?
7 posted on 09/27/2024 5:18:24 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
To: Paladin2
This is an act of war. How can the Houthis continue to attack shipping with impunity?
Weakness invites more attacks.
8 posted on 09/27/2024 5:18:51 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( @whoisourPresident)
To: hardspunned
using a million dollar missile to defeat a 10 thousand dollar drone
is a loss in my view
9 posted on 09/27/2024 5:22:43 PM PDT by RockyTx
To: hardspunned
Wait until the Russian “volunteers” are doing the targeting of the new missiles in Yemen.
Putin Fanbois alert.
Go on. Enlighten us about just when Putin, The Savior of Western Civilization™, to Putin Fanbois, will begin carrying out that mission by aiding Islamists in shutting down the Suez Canal, through which passes, err passed until recently, a large portion of the trade upon Western Civilization depends.
More interestingly, you might explain why the Houthis, who have kept the vast majority of non-Chinese cargos from transiting Suez, would want to take advice from the gang that can't even keep Ukrainian grain from transiting the Black Sea.
10 posted on 09/27/2024 5:24:16 PM PDT by Pilsner
To: RockyTx
How about to save a hundred million dollar ship?
11 posted on 09/27/2024 5:33:19 PM PDT by Romulus
To: Paladin2
They better quit screwing around with them or we will hav3 a lot of dead sailors and burning boats. Eliminate the Houthis will to fight.
12 posted on 09/27/2024 5:35:38 PM PDT by Eli Kopter
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