US destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waters
US destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waters
A US official said the drone that was eliminated on Thursday by USS Thomas Hudner originated in Yemen.
I guarantee Iran is using these chuckle-fucks to gauge our ships' defenses.
53Good luck, if you've seen ciws and rfm going full blast you can understand it's unlikely for much to get through.
Warning mind numbing brrrrrrrrtttt. https://youtu.be/BnrSTkidXa8?si=AdRjdaduurQfIkbZ
Warning very loud but no brrrrttttt just cute covers popping off and missiles exploding. https://youtu.be/vxy8XcE1VjE?si=Mw94GY3Qxi0fwI1P
Ed: Three spread out over 2ish km https://youtu.be/XceGKHATcYE?si=ptUSXyFS2rNCPXuf
A Nimitz has 4 in less than a km with 2 rfm in a carrier strike group with 2 cruisers with 2 ciws each, 7 destroyers with 1ciws each and various surface support ships often with at least one ciws. That's at least 15 of these bad boys with converging areas of coverage and a carrier airwing that can act with impunity while ciws blankets the sky in lead and sweet music.
21Yeah, I'm guessing most of the crew on these ships are just excited to see the guns go off instead of being actually worried about an attack. It takes a lot to bring down a US warship.
That said, I don't recommend anyone try. Even if you do manage to take one out, the rest of the fleet will be coming after you. A US warship is rarely alone.
18
doubtful, they know that ships have multiple ways to shut down their drones. It's just to be a fly buzzing around the the metaphorical head of the ship
15If I wanted to know more about my enemy I’d send flies at his head
0
Hasn't anyone learned? From the founding of America until present day, don't fuck with our boats. We will issue a 'proportional' response.
42You joke but something like half the wars we fought in the 1800s at least tangentially involved "FUCK YOU OUR BOATS CAN GO WHEREVER THE FUCK THEY WANT TO GO AND YOU CAN CRY ABOUT IT IF YOU CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT IT!"
Although it probably was inevitable given just how important sea faring was to keep trade with the outside world open.
17You just need to say its a accident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident
14Hell, at that point in time, the USA probably didn't think they were gonna be a country for much longer. Lol
1
"Temper, temper"
2Swede here. Please tell us more about "Fucking with US boats".
In 2005, USS Ronald Reagan, a newly constructed $6.2 billion dollar aircraft carrier, sank after being hit by multiple torpedoes.
Yet despite making multiple attacks runs on the Reagan, the Gotland was never detected.
This outcome was replicated time and time again over two years of war games, with opposing destroyers and nuclear attack submarines succumbing to the stealthy Swedish sub.
-7A) that's a simulation, the Ronald Reagan is still very much afloat
B) you totally missed the point ... which wasn't "my boat is bigger (read better) than your boat" but "if you touch my boat, we gonna have a problem... and you ain't gonna like the outcome"
12While I think that was a good exercise that helped highlight weaknesses and vulnerabilities in US doctrine and equipment, it's important to note that in nearly all wargames and exercises, the US operates in worst possible conditions to better bring potential problems to the surface, such as a carrier operating without it's usual extended support and only utilizing assets in the carrier group proper. The Gotland and other AIP submarines were very good, but this was nearly 20 years ago and new techniques and equipment have been developed to aid in detecting and chasing them away.
This is the same song second verse of F-22s being shot down in wargames over the last 20 years, with the F-22 being limited by rules of the wargame such as keeping their fuel tanks equipped and use of certain equipment and features barred, putting the F-22 in a situation it could only find itself in if the operator defied every aspect of their doctrine they had spent the last 4+ years training under.
Not to discredit the exercise, the US learned the assets they had at hand were not up to snuff in dealing with potential threats being developed, and some assumptions proven wrong about what the last line of defenses they did have could deal with.
8As a Veteran this information is interesting indeed. It's always nice to see little knowledge nuggets. Thank you.
3Permanently Deleted
1
This is at least the third incident in the last month. In the last two, Yemen shot missiles at US and Israeli assets. Yemen needs to calm the fuck down.
40Yemen is a puppet of Iran. The Houthi, anyway.
32Yeah, they don't like us much.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slogan_of_the_Houthi_movement
1
We've been supporting war in Yemen for a bit now. I think since 2014, so nearly a decade. This is the natural result of such. Maybe we need to just stay out of middle eastern blood feuds if we don't want to have our ships attacked?
3Yeah man Yemen
3
Suuure.. Just like those boats in the Tonkin bay leading to the Vietnam war
-22This won't mean anything more than possible additional support for Ukraine, which the Biden administration (and the majority of Americans) want anyway.
8
Damn, guess we should go back to our own borders
-25