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Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday.

The tanker, identified as the Central Park, had been carrying a cargo of phosphoric acid when its crew called for help that “they were under attack from an unknown entity,” the US Central Command said in a statement.

The USS Mason, a guided-missile destroyer, and allied ships from a counter-piracy task force that operates in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia responded to the call for help and “demanded release of the vessel” upon arrival, Central Command said.

“Subsequently, five armed individuals debarked the ship and attempted to flee via their small boat,” said the statement posted on social media platform X.

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[–] Linkerbaan 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What a weird article leaving out very key information of the tanker being an israeli vessel

This video with too loud background music does a lot better a job of explaining what happened https://youtu.be/-VOF2v9cogI?si=V7Vm33fBIIBi5-Yb

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[–] Something_Complex 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The comments on that video are mental

[–] shork 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yup, what the heck is going on there. There's this one comment about how the U.S got technologically surpassed and I'm just thinking "even if it's true, they have nukes. Who will ever test them??"

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[–] NoSpiritAnimal 39 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

Aww it's the USS Liberty sequel!

Israel loves pulling the US into war. It's their national pisstime.

Edit: corrected the word passtime

[–] ghostdoggtv 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] ghostdoggtv 6 points 11 months ago
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[–] Madison420 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Way to sensationalize, just call it a missile no need to evoke the thought of an icbm.

It's probably a sayyad anti ship missile, ciws would murder them things unless mass fired which they don't have the resources for.

[–] schmidtster 52 points 11 months ago (61 children)

Isn’t there two types of missiles? The distinction matters, why would you assume it’s intercontinental based off of the type of missile? Cruise or ballistic can both be intercontinental.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"If a shitty home-made missile's engine fails half way through flight then technically it's ballistic from that point on." - shitty reporter.

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[–] postmateDumbass 22 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Balistic missles are not an ideal antiship weapon.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if conservatives are gonna run with this story and make the Houthis the next Supervillain Of The Month, or just slap the “rebel” tag on them and forget about it.

[–] Doorbook 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well conservative have no idea what is going on. If they say the Houthi are bad then they cannot complain about Obama bombing them. If they say the are not bad, then Israil will be upset.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Houthis are an Iranian proxy. The smart conservatives will know this and will incorporate it into their vilification efforts. The stupid ones don't need anything like a reason or a plausible excuse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Before anyone makes the obvious joke, it’s important to remember that yes, there ARE smart conservatives. Folks like me are used to making fun of MAGAts and their ilk, but don’t underestimate the conservatives higher up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They'll just bring up Hunter's laptop, Clinton's emails, and some form of "Border crisis" down south.

[–] A_Random_Idiot 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

don't forget about the border crisis up north.

did you hear about the massive terrorist attack on the northern border that wasnt totally just a sad, and tragic car accident?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

“The missiles landed in the Gulf of Aden approximately ten nautical miles from the ships,"

Yeah... Not concerned at all.

[–] Agent641 18 points 11 months ago

B13... miss.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

The US navy are just overreacting to extreme fishing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday.

The USS Mason, a guided-missile destroyer, and allied ships from a counter-piracy task force that operates in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia responded to the call for help and “demanded release of the vessel” upon arrival, Central Command said.

“Subsequently, five armed individuals debarked the ship and attempted to flee via their small boat,” said the statement posted on social media platform X.

Hours later, at 1:41 a.m. local time on Monday morning, two ballistic missiles were fired from areas controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen “toward the general location” of the USS Mason and Central Park, the statement said.

A statement from Zodiac Maritime, which manages the Central Park, said Sunday the Liberian-flagged chemical tanker was safe “and all of the crew, the vessel, and cargo are unharmed.”

“We will continue to work with allies and partners to ensure the safety and security of international shipping lanes,” Kurilla said.


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[–] GutsBerserk 5 points 11 months ago

So many wars to wage! So much money to make!

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