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Houthi missile intended for the USS Laboon is shot down

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The Houthis fired an antiship missile intended to hit the USS Laboon. Unfortunately for the Houthis and for their missile, a US fighter jet canceled their plans. The antiship missile was successfully shot down. However, the Houthis apparently had luck hitting a cargo ship associated with the United States. The Houthis appear to be defiant and ready to keep up with their attacks in solidarity with HAMAS, despite the retaliatory strikes that they experienced.

From The Military Times:

An anti-ship cruise missile fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen toward the Navy destroyer Laboon was taken out by a U.S. fighter jet Sunday, according to U.S. Central Command.

Laboon was operating in the southern Red Sea at the time of the incident.

“The missile was shot down in vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah by U.S. fighter aircraft,” CENTCOM said in a statement. “There were no injuries or damage reported.”

And on Monday, Houthi rebels struck a U.S.-owned ship just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, officials said.

The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, though not immediately claimed by the Houthis, further escalates tensions gripping the Red Sea after American-led strikes on the rebels. The Houthis’ attacks have roiled global shipping, amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, targeting a crucial corridor linking Asian and Mideast energy and cargo shipments to the Suez Canal onward to Europe.

The Military Times has additional information here.

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27 thoughts on “Houthi missile intended for the USS Laboon is shot down”

    2. Maybe a EW guy can help me with this. I know the Prowler/Growler EW aircraft can shoot missiles back at the launch platform using the missiles guidance tracking, but can ships do that? Can an aircraft that is not targeted pick the electronic trail and trace it back to the launcher? Greet these camel jockeys with a Shrike/HARM after they fire one would be a great. Or are their missiles just shoot and forget/unguided?

      1. Not an EW type, but there are versions that don’t just backtrack the guidance signal, they can locate the source and still hit it even if the transmitter shuts down.

      2. The EA-18G Growler fulfills that mission now. The Navy and Marine Corps both fly them.

  3. Stop playing defense and go on the offensive. You don’t have to defend against missiles that can’t be launched because the launcher is in a smoking crater.

  4. Turn the country into a glowing molten glass parking lot.

    2. Joe Biden hasn’t figured out yet how Hunter can get rich off of military action there. Once the money starts flowing to Hunter, with the requisite 10% going to the big guy, you’ll see some shit.

  10. It’s a good thing Donald Trump is not in the White House, otherwise we would have wars breaking out in Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. We really dodged a bullet with the Biden-Harris Administration running things.

  11. To quote Victory 203 from The Final Countdown, “why the Hell are we playing with these guys?”

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