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| US Navy deploys 3 ships off the coast of Yemen |
| 2016-10-06 |
| Three US warships are operating off the Yemeni coast following a guided missile attack against a UAE operated ship by Houthi militias, US Navy Institute News reported on Tuesday. The ships are on station near the Bab al-Mandeb strait that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Officials said the move was prompted by the guided missile attack on the UAE ship that was delivering aid to Yemen on Saturday. The strait is a key transit route for ships passing from the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal into the Indian Ocean. The UAE said on Wednesday that there were injuries among civilian crewmen of the vessel that was hit by Houthi militias. The foreign ministry did not say how many were wounded in the Friday night attack but said they were receiving treatment in the UAE. The UAE military had previously said there were no casualties in the attack in the busy shipping lane that links the Suez Canal and the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The ministry identified the vessel as the HSV-2 Swift, a high-speed catamaran which it said had been chartered from the Abu-Dhabi-based National Marine Dredging Company. It said the ship is “civilian” and “does not have any military capability,” although the vessel has previously been leased by the US Navy and operated with a mixed military-civilian crew. The ministry condemned the “heinous attack” which it said had “serious repercussions for the freedom of navigation.” The UN Security Council too strongly condemned the attack in a statement on Tuesday. “The members of the Security Council take threats to shipping around Bab al-Mandab, a strategically important shipping passage, extremely seriously,” the statement said. “The members of the Security Council called for such attacks to cease immediately and urged necessary steps to be taken to de-escalate the situation.” |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 We did. That is why it was an MSC-chartered transport vessel, and not a warship. The INS Hanit, as an aside, was also hit higher-up, and not lower in the hull. That missile (and another which sunk a merchant ship) were under the control of the IRGC and Hesb'allah. I suspect that was also the case in this instance. Update: Another source. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-10-06 23:20 |
| #7 thought we learned our lession about aluminum warships with ghe Belknap collision many years ago. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-10-06 21:14 |
| #6 The C-802 supposedly hugs the waterline on final approach. The video shows the missile arcing up and then travelling downward towards the target, so it is a controlled flight. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-10-06 11:52 |
| #5 Probably an ASCM; the catamaran design is (obviously) different from a mono-hull design. The damage will be different. Appears that most of the damage was internal, which is a hallmark of many ASCMs. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-10-06 11:44 |
| #4 perhaps an Arclight (drink up!) strike on Saada is in order? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-10-06 08:45 |
| #3 Humm, ATGMs maybe? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-10-06 04:59 |
| #2 I duuno, I just dunno, maybe it wasn't an ASCM? Looks like it got hit by several kitchen sinks. RPG swarm attack? Can't see this sucker floating if hit by a Chinee 802. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-10-06 04:57 |
| #1 http://gcaptain.com/photos-show-catastrophic-damage-to-hsv-swift-following-missile-attack/ |
| Posted by: newc 2016-10-06 01:02 |