Current Events > Incident involving US warship intercepting missiles near Yemen lasted 9 hours.

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/20/politics/us-warship-intercept-missiles-near-yemen/index.html

I mean...its hard to see this act as anything but one kind of escalation or another.

For those not wanting to click the link, and I bolded the most important parts.

A US warship that intercepted drones and missiles near the coast of Yemen on Thursday encountered a larger and more sustained barrage than was previously known, shooting down 4 cruise missiles and 15 drones over a period of 9 hours, according to a US official familiar with the situation.

The USS Carney, an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer that traversed the Suez Canal heading south on Wednesday, intercepted the missiles and drones as they were heading north along the Red Sea. Their trajectory left little doubt that the projectiles were headed for Israel, the official said, a clearer assessment than the Pentagons initial take.

A sustained barrage of drones and missiles targeting Israel from far outside the Gaza conflict is one of a series of worrying signs that the war risks escalating beyond the borders of the coastal enclave.

In addition to protests at US embassies across the Middle East, US and coalition forces in Syria and Iraq have come under repeated attack over the past several days.

On Thursday, Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the missiles were fired by Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen and were launched potentially towards targets in Israel. At the briefing, Ryder said three land-attack cruise missiles and several drones.

Some of the projectiles were traveling at altitudes that made them a potential risk to commercial aviation when they were intercepted, the US official said. The drones and missiles were intercepted with SM-2 surface-to-air missiles launched from the USS Carney.

On Wednesday, one-way attack drones targeted two different US positions in Iraq, according to US Central Command. One of the attacks resulted in minor injuries. One day later, the At-Tanf garrison in Syria, which houses US and coalition forces, was targeted by two drones, which also caused minor injuries.

Early Friday morning in Iraq, two rockets targeted the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center near the airport, which houses US military, diplomatic and civilian personnel, according to another US defense official. One rocket was intercepted by a counter-rocket system, while the second hit an empty storage facility, the official said. No one was injured as a result of the rocket attack.

The US has not assigned attribution for any of the recent attacks in Iraq and Syria, though Iranian proxies have carried out similar drone and rocket attacks against US forces in both countries in the past.

The US military has carried out strikes on Iranian-backed militias as a response to previous such attacks against US forces, but the Pentagon would not say anything yet about its intentions.

While Im not going to forecast any potential response to these attacks, I will say that we will take all necessary actions to defend US and coalition forces against any threat, said Ryder. Any response, should one occur, will come at a time and a manner of our choosing.

Obviously making a direct accusation would be a bad idea, so his wording was the right way to go about this politically.

I was on a Spruance Class Destroyer. The Arleigh-Burke class was the newer class compared to mine. But in either scenario Phalanx-CIWS (Sea Wiz) is a hell of a thing, among the other systems in place for taking out missiles and drones.

Well, its a good thing America stands with Israel.

They lied back in 9/11 in order to escalate and invade. Whats holding them from doing the same thing now? Im not saying this particular situation is fake, but historically US is just itching to get into any war it can.

So the entire Muslim world wants to attack the US again?

Wonder how long the "Hamas are just freedom fighters and Israel is to blame for any pogroms" crew will last when terrorist attacks start happening in the US again.

Iran needs to pay for this shit.

People bring up the last 2 wars, and a) Iraq was a mistake/lie and a war crime from the start so don't even... and b) we WERE justified attacking the Taliban.
The problem is we fucking stayed there and tried to nation build.

We need some good old fashioned reprisal operations. Go in, wreck their military and take out their leaders, then say, "get your shit together and don't fuck with us anymore or it'll be even worse next time" and leave.
Best case, they learn their lesson. Worst case, we spend a few billion dollars every decade or two wrecking them again so they have to build back up. Still a drop in the bucket compared to our usual escapades.

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

They lied back in 9/11 in order to escalate and invade. Whats holding them from doing the same thing now? Im not saying this particular situation is fake, but historically US is just itching to get into any war it can.

Osama/Taliban wasn't a lie. The involvement of Saudi Arabia was downplayed (we know why), but otherwise was on the up and up at first.
It's the Iraq shit that was all bs.

Is it bad I don't buy any of this shit.

The Maine that Spain did not sink.
The Gulf of Tonkin
WMD
ect

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

They lied back in 9/11 in order to escalate and invade. Whats holding them from doing the same thing now? Im not saying this particular situation is fake, but historically US is just itching to get into any war it can.

Biden knows a new middle east war would be super unpopular. He doesn't want that shit dragging him down in 2024.