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2016-10-13 Arabia

US destroyer targeted again by missile off Yemen: official

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Posted by trailing wife 2016-10-13 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#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|| 2016-10-13 12:16|| Front Page Top

#2 ...maybe someone failed to ask 'mother may I' first?

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-10-13 13:20|| 2016-10-13 13:20|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-10-13 15:10|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2016-10-13 15:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Radar sites are dead. Tomahawked.

Posted by OldSpook 2016-10-13 15:29|| 2016-10-13 15:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I suspect there are, or will be, mobile sites.

Posted by Pappy 2016-10-13 17:48|| 2016-10-13 17:48|| Front Page Top

#7 What is that now, three destroyers and an anti-mine ship?

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-10-13 17:59|| 2016-10-13 17:59|| Front Page Top

#8 How's Djibouti with Yemen trying to shut down the strait?

Posted by The peanut gallery 2016-10-13 23:54|| 2016-10-13 23:54|| Front Page Top

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