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Spin Zone / Re: Missiles Fired at US Ship from Yemen
« on: October 10, 2016, 03:32:45 PM »do you think it is unreasonable to wonder what the US Navy response should be to being targeted for an hour?
Just two missiles were fired.[1] The description of the attack as covering "one hour" therefore means the second missile was launched an hour after the first. It doesn't sound like missiles were raining down into the water all around the destroyer for an hour.
"Both missiles splashed down in the water before reaching the Mason, he said." Given the circumstances, the lack of a military response is not surprising to me. Besides, given what has happened in the past when ships opened fire on threatening aircraft, commanders would be on shorter leashes and have to go all the way up the chain of command before returning fire into another country except under the most egregious circumstances. Current U.S. policy seems to be to let the Saudi's draw blood in that country.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/10/10/missiles-from-rebel-held-yemen-territory-fired-at-u-s-navy-destroyer/