The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely intercepted anti-ship ballistic missiles headed toward the commercial ship Maersk Detroit Wednesday. This is the first attack by the Houthis in six days.

The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.

The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely shot down two missiles and a third fell into the water. There were no indications of damage or injuries in the attack.

The U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis to degrade their capabilities since Jan.11, after several weeks of attacks on commercial ships by the militant group.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1935·
    2 years ago

    Yeah because more military action is going to stop terrorism! Have people learned NOTHING from the Bush administration and the wars they started??

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        911·
        2 years ago

        I don’t know. I don’t have to in order to recognize the fact that military action only exacerbates the problem by making it easier to radicalize the people whose loved ones are killed, though.

        • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
          53·
          2 years ago

          Normally I’d agree, but the Houthis can stop all hostilities by stopping attacking international trade vessels. That isn’t a difficult ask. They can even try to use this as leverage to get other things they want.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
            46·
            2 years ago

            the Houthis can stop all hostilities by stopping attacking international trade vessels.

            Yeah, that’s bullshit. A Saudi-led coalition has been bombing the shit out of them with American weapons for several years now.

            I don’t in any way condone terrorism under any circumstances, but to pretend that there’s not been any previous acts of oppressive violence to radicalize them is as unhelpful as it is (wilfully?) ignorant.

            • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
              32·
              2 years ago

              I don’t disagree there, but this is what I meant by leverage. “We’ll stop attacking if you stop helping the Saudis”. It wasn’t too long ago that the Houthis actually considered the US as a friendly state.

              • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
                34·
                2 years ago

                Wilfully ignorant it is.

                There’s no way the US government is ever going to make any such deal, much less honor it.

                  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    33·
                    2 years ago

                    Yeah because clearly they’re the ones with all the power here. Next you’re gonna say that Palestinians can stop the Gaza genocide any time they want 🙄

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
      210·
      2 years ago

      You do realize that Americans get boners from this, right? Americans LOVE getting attacked so they can use their billions of dollars worth of weapons that they’ve been hoarding. Then resell it.