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2016-10-06 Arabia

US Navy deploys 3 ships off the coast of Yemen

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Posted by badanov 2016-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 http://gcaptain.com/photos-show-catastrophic-damage-to-hsv-swift-following-missile-attack/

Posted by newc 2016-10-06 01:02|| 2016-10-06 01:02|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-10-06 04:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Humm, ATGMs maybe?

Posted by Shipman 2016-10-06 04:59|| 2016-10-06 04:59|| Front Page Top

#4 perhaps an Arclight (drink up!) strike on Saada is in order?

Posted by Frank G 2016-10-06 08:45|| 2016-10-06 08:45|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-10-06 11:44|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-10-06 11:52|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-10-06 21:14|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-10-06 23:20|| Front Page Top

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