US warship that intercepted drones and missiles near the coast of Yemen on Thursday encountered a larger and more sustained barrage than was previously known, shooting down 4 cruise missiles and 15 drones over a period of 9 hours, according to a US official familiar with the situation.
The USS Carney, an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer that traversed the Suez Canal heading south on Wednesday, intercepted the missiles and drones as they were heading north along the Red Sea. Their trajectory left little doubt that the projectiles were headed for Israel, the official said, a clearer assessment than the Pentagon’s initial take.
A sustained barrage of drones and missiles targeting Israel from far outside the Gaza conflict is one of a series of worrying signs that the war risks escalating beyond the borders of the coastal enclave.
Article goes on to continue that they’ve been attacked on land with rockets and drones at various other US bases in the middle east as well.
That’s a much bigger situation that should be the headline if that’s the case
Maybe it’s semi normal to them? Not sure how often some of these locations come under attack?
Relatively rarely. It’s a serious attack.
Well shit.
From watching some of the “forbidden channels” like AlJazeera, the attacks of US bases in Iraq by allegedly Irani drones/missiles, has been a headline for some days already.
Wouldn’t this be considered an act of war?
Maybe? They were launched by non-state actors. So yes it is an action of aggression and yes one could retaliate. Though in the funny way the legal world works it may not be “An Act of War”
The way the legal world of war works… it’s “whatever we say it is”.
By Yemen against Israel? I would think so.
