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2025-04-19 Arabia

US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson hit by Yemeni missile and drone strike

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-04-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10345 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#1 Short answer: No.

Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-04-19 05:34|| 2025-04-19 05:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Someone is probably tracking the out of pocket expenses that the Houthis have cost the US in the past year or so. No clue what the per hour cost is to keep a carrier group operational in overhead (wages, fuel, maintenance, etc). The MQ9s cost 30 million each.

Posted by Gloluns Turkeyneck4904 2025-04-19 06:14|| 2025-04-19 06:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Meanwhile, four MQ-9 aircraft were shot down during the war waged by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen, alongside multiple reconnaissance UAVs of Chinese and other foreign manufacture.

Right. In WW2 every German Tank was typically (mis-)identified as a Tiger (PzKpfw VI) or a Panther (PzKpfw V) when the Germans had many other tanks such as PzJpfw -IV and -IIIs on the Western Front. So every drone, or its pieces scattered over the landscape, made in China suddenly becomes promoted to being a MQ-9.

Besides, why give any credence to the natterings of the Yemeni 'Baghdad Bob' ...

Posted by magpie 2025-04-19 11:16|| 2025-04-19 11:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Hit = Attacked - Hit is the word that causes one to read the text below.

Posted by Old Salty 2025-04-19 12:15|| 2025-04-19 12:15|| Front Page Top

#5 You’re right, Old Salty. I’ll try to remember to put such words in scare quotes when the Houthis are involved.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-04-19 14:09|| 2025-04-19 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 The Houthis have hired a new French spokesman, who said:
"I fart in your general direction, your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries."
Or words to that effect.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-04-19 17:16|| 2025-04-19 17:16|| Front Page Top

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