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| US destroyer targeted again by missile off Yemen: official | ||
| 2016-10-13 | ||
[AlAhram] A US destroyer has for the second time in four days been targeted by a missile fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen, a US defense official said Wednesday. The USS Mason detected an incoming missile at about 6:00 pm local time (1500 GMT) and deployed unspecified countermeasures, the official said.
... for fear of being murdered... No one was injured and the ship was not struck. On Sunday, two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... fell short of the Mason while she patrolled the Red Sea off the coast of the war-torn country. Both missiles hit the water before reaching the ship and no one was injured in that incident, officials said. Wednesday's attack saw a "coastal defense cruise missile" fired from a Huthi-controlled area south of al-Hudaydah, the unnamed defense official said. Missile attack on warship launched from Houthi territory [ArabNews] WASHINGTON, United States: The Pentagon said it would respond “at the appropriate time and in the appropriate manner” after a new, attempted missile attack on a US Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday, the second such incident in four days. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the USS Mason detected at least one missile launched from Houthi-controlled territory near Al Hudaydah, Yemen. “The ship employed defensive countermeasures, and the missile did not reach USS Mason,” Cook said in a statement. Other US officials said the USS Mason, which was accompanied by the USS Ponce — an amphibious transport dock — fired defensive salvos in response to the missiles, neither of which hit the ship or caused any damage as it operated north of the Bab Al-Mandab Strait. The USS Mason detected an incoming missile at about 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) and deployed unspecified countermeasures, a defense official said. “It is unclear if the countermeasures caused the missile to hit the water, or if it would have hit the water on its own,” the official said. The renewed attempt to target the US Navy destroyer will add pressure on the US military to retaliate, a move that would represent the first direct US military action against Houthis in Yemen’s conflict. The Pentagon hinted about possible retaliatory strikes on Tuesday. The incidents, along with an Oct. 1 strike on a vessel from the United Arab Emirates, add to questions about safety of passage for military ships around the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. The Houthis, who are battling the internationally-recognized government of Yemen President Abd Rabbu Mansour Al-Hadi, denied any involvement in the previous attempt to strike the USS Mason or the nearby USS Ponce on Sunday. But US officials have told Reuters there is growing indications that Houthi rebels, despite those denials, were responsible for Sunday’s incident. The rebels appeared to use small skiffs as spotters to help direct the missile attack on the warship. The United States is also investigating the possibility that a radar station under Houthi control in Yemen might have also “painted” the USS Mason, something that would have helped the Houthi fighters pass along coordinates for a strike, the officials have said.
Reuters has learned that the coastal defense cruise missiles used against the USS Mason on Sunday had considerable range, adding to concerns about the kind of heavy weaponry that the Houthis appear willing to employ and some of which US officials believe is supplied by Iran. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 How's Djibouti with Yemen trying to shut down the strait? |
| Posted by: The peanut gallery 2016-10-13 23:54 |
| #7 What is that now, three destroyers and an anti-mine ship? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-10-13 17:59 |
| #6 I suspect there are, or will be, mobile sites. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-10-13 17:48 |
| #5 Radar sites are dead. Tomahawked. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2016-10-13 15:29 |
| #4 Mason has the AEGIS system, so we can guess... Fried the guidance package 12 clickers out? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-10-13 15:10 |
| #3 Another, implied, issue is the potential for Iranian/Hesb'allah/Houthi denial-of-access, i.e., closing off Red Sea shipping routes. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-10-13 15:10 |
| #2 ...maybe someone failed to ask 'mother may I' first? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-13 13:20 |
| #1 And, surprisingly enough (considering the current CiC, etc. snuggles with Iran), U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy ship |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-10-13 12:16 |