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U.S. Official: Navy Fires At Radar Sites In Yemen After Navy Destroyer Was Targeted : The Two-Way : NPR

The Pentagon says that a missile has been fired at U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason off the coast of Yemen — for the second time in four days. The Two-Way The Deadly Consequences To Children Of Yemen's War "At least one missile" originated from Houthi-controlled territory near the Red Sea port city of al-Hudaydah, Pentagon…

The Pentagon says that a missile has been fired at U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason off the coast of Yemen — for the second time in four days.

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"At least one missile" originated from Houthi-controlled territory near the Red Sea port city of al-Hudaydah, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement to NPR's Tom Bowman.

"The ship employed defensive countermeasures, and the missile did not reach the USS Mason," the statement reads. "There was no damage to the ship or its crew." He adds that the ship employed "defensive countermeasures," without elaborating.

via www.npr.org

My SWO friends asked why Tomahawks, rather than naval gunfire.

Well, why close an active missile battery if you can stand off with Tomahawks?

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  1. jon spencer

    There should have been massive return fire as soon as the inbound missiles were identified.
    Not waiting until they got the OK from some bureaucrat in DC.
    A couple of 1.5 million dollar missiles against a much less expensive radar site.
    How about a few JDAM-ER’s at a cost that is much more reasonable?
    Could not the USS Ponse have a Harrier or two aboard to carry them?
    Or for a sort of a long term solution, a couple of modernized real cruisers, like the old USS Newport News, but keeping most of the 8″ guns.

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  2. Philip Ngai

    Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb has a range of 150 km.
    Maybe the Navy should buy some.

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