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2023-12-27 Arabia

U.S. [NAVY] shoots down 12 suicide drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles fired by Iran-backed rebels in southern Red Sea over 10-hour period

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Houthi rebels supported by Iran launched a barrage of drones and missiles north towards Israel on Tuesday, with the onslaught blocked by a U.S. Navy destroyer and F/A-18 Super Hornets.

U.S. Central Command said that the attack began at 6:30am and lasted for 10 hours.

'U.S. assets, to include the USS LABOON (DDG 58) and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot down twelve one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles in the Southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis over a 10 hour period which began at approximately 6:30 a.m. (Sanaa time) on December 26,' Centcom said on X.

'There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.'

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#1 Old Lloyd is gonna have to get his shit together.
This 'proportional' one-for-one reactive skirmish is going to become a battle of attrition real quick.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-27 06:27|| 2023-12-27 06:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Lloyd needs a 12 month Vaca at the 'Shades of Green' Orlando.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-27 07:00|| 2023-12-27 07:00|| Front Page Top

#3 ...he needs to move to the 'Village'

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-27 08:38|| 2023-12-27 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 You can bet that the Iranians and their Chinese allies are recording every bit of the communications/signals/electronic emissions associated with this engagement as well as tactics and trigger protocols.

AKA (COMINT/SIGINT/ELINT/Meaconing/Traffic Analysis on Encrypted Comms)

"Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication (electronic intelligence—abbreviated to ELINT).[1] Signals intelligence is a subset of intelligence collection management. As classified and sensitive information is usually encrypted, signals intelligence in turn involves the use of cryptanalysis to decipher the messages. Traffic analysis—the study of who is signaling whom and in what quantity—is also used to integrate information again."

Wikipedia: Electronic Signals Intelligence

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-12-27 12:40|| 2023-12-27 12:40|| Front Page Top

#5 NoMo....Are the GRSOC and INTSCOM still in business? Is GISA still active?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-27 12:44|| 2023-12-27 12:44|| Front Page Top

#6 B, I'm well past my "sell-by date" and so are my compatriots, as I suspect you may be? Nowadays, I'm strictly an OSINT curmudgen! But I do remember Arlington Hall Station vaguely...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-12-27 12:49|| 2023-12-27 12:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Ha, yes "well past." I was in and out of "The Hall" and VHFS a few times, before they moved and "The Farm" was shut down. I used to enjoy the drive out there. It was a nice drive in the country and essentially a day off.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-27 12:54|| 2023-12-27 12:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Yikes! A real war! What do we do???

Posted by Tom 2023-12-27 13:34|| 2023-12-27 13:34|| Front Page Top

#9 How long since a US warship has needed a visit by an ammo resupply unit?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2023-12-27 21:32|| 2023-12-27 21:32|| Front Page Top

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