Houthis Fire Anti-Ship Missile at USS Laboon - USNI News
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U.S. fighter aircraft shot down an anti-ship cruise missile the Houthis fired toward USS Laboon (DDG-58), U.S. Central Command announced Sunday night. Central Command’s release did not specify the aircraft that shot down the missile or the military branch. The fighter aircraft shot down the missile off the coast of Al-Hudaydah, according to the release. There were no reports of damage or injury following the strike. The attack on Laboon comes after two days of strikes by the U.S. and the United Kingdom on Houthi targets in Yemen. During the strikes, which involved a number of warships and aircraft, the U.S. and
  • nekandro@lemmy.mlOP
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    9 months ago

    In unrelated news, two US Navy service people mysteriously vanished off the coast of Somalia.

    • Ashy@lemmy.wtf
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      9 months ago

      mysteriously vanished

      One fell overboard, the other jumped after him.

  • Drewfro66@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Any American ship within firing distance of Yemen deserves to be bombed. They could simply leave yet choose not to.

    • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      I hate that this is a controversial take. People are all fine with anti-imperialism up to the point it gets even a little inconvenient for them.

      Literally all they have to do is just fuck off and all their problems will go away. That’s it.

  • Overzeetop@beehaw.org
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    9 months ago

    You know, if I were going to pick a fight with a military world power, I’d at least have the good sense not to do it during the run up to a head-of-state election.