How is this not an Act of War?
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The Houthis seem like Iran’s least controllable proxy.
They score a hit and the US starts throwing down. I don’t think Iran wants that at this point.
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They score a hit and the US starts throwing down. I don’t think Iran wants that at this point.
Navy ships shoot down ‘complex’ barrage of Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea, Pentagon says
Navy ships intercepted a Houthi barrage of missiles and drones launched from Yemen at the shipping lanes of the Red Sea, the Pentagon confirmed Friday, while also denying reports that any ships were hit in the attack.
The Houthis seem like Iran’s least controllable proxy.
They score a hit and the US starts throwing down. I don’t think Iran wants that at this point.
Navy ships shoot down ‘complex’ barrage of Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea, Pentagon says
Navy ships intercepted a Houthi barrage of missiles and drones launched from Yemen at the shipping lanes of the Red Sea, the Pentagon confirmed Friday, while also denying reports that any ships were hit in the attack.
Ahem…
American and US Allies merchants ships sail through there. They have no right to attack them nor US military ships sailing through there either.
The Houthis seem like Iran’s least controllable proxy.
They score a hit and the US starts throwing down. I don’t think Iran wants that at this point.
Navy ships shoot down ‘complex’ barrage of Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea, Pentagon says
Navy ships intercepted a Houthi barrage of missiles and drones launched from Yemen at the shipping lanes of the Red Sea, the Pentagon confirmed Friday, while also denying reports that any ships were hit in the attack.
One simple step can “revolutionize surface warfare,” as U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro put it at the latest naval conference WEST in San Diego: rearming our warships at sea. Today the only way to reload vertical launching system cells — the mainstay of the Navy’s front-line warship — is to pull into port, often taking warships out of action for weeks at a time.
Consider the situation in the Red Sea. For our Navy’s warships engaging the Houthi rebel group, reloading VLS cells would require a transit through the Suez Canal to ports in Greece or Italy, about 2,000 miles or more away. This lost time, under persistent Houthi attacks, proves this ability to reload underway is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity.
VLS cells carry most of the surface fleet’s firepower onboard destroyers and cruisers. From VLS cells, the Navy employs air and missile defense weapons as well as long-range strike and anti-ship missiles. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers have the capacity to store 90-96 missiles in VLS cells depending on the variant of warship. Warships are loaded with an assortment of weapons before deploying to meet expected mission needs and ensure the ship’s self-defense.
Reloading the most capable missile defense weapon — the RIM-161, also known as the Standard Missile-3 — into one of these vertical cells is a delicate matter. It requires precisely loading a 1.5-ton, 21.5-foot-long missile into a tube built into the hull of the ship. At sea, the movement caused by even calm seas makes this nearly impossible to do without damaging the missile.
A 2019 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments study found a VLS reload-at-sea capability could provide the equivalent of an additional 18 destroyers or cruisers in a Pacific war scenario. With China’s modern navy larger than ours and backed by a massive shipbuilding industry, every one of our warships must be kept in the fight. As such, the U.S. Navy can ill afford to lose one warship for weeks to arrive at a safe Pacific harbor to reload weapons.
It is an act of war. And it would be treated as such by any President that wasn’t a doddering old fool.
