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US destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waters
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
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Yeah, 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.
It takes a ton of fucking balls or abject stupidity to even try. Legit the last time someone did actual damage to one of ours resulted in the entire Iraqi navy getting sunk in 8 hours and most of their naval infrastructure was destroyed.
You don't fuck about with the navy, any navy for that matter they're home country will absolutely slap back.
I don't recall that as part of the USS Cole bombing. Or the USS Liberty strafings? Which attack are you referring to?
https://youtu.be/d5v6hlRyeHE?si=qBYTWU9XUchDPhg9
There is a real nice animated version of Iran's navy getting their shit pushed in as well.
We didn't have drones in 88 like the Cole, in which all but iirc two of those involved were hit with missiles by drones. Calling it a liberty ship is a bit misleading, sure that's it's class but that particular one was a spy vessel and we have an active policy of not firing back from sigint ships, instead of they come under attack they burn break or blow up anything sensitive and then essentially surrender.