US aircraft carrier's near miss with missile fired by Middle East rebels (www.newsweek.com)

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"By some accounts, an ASBM [anti-ship ballistic missile] or other missile arrived at a very shallow trajectory, with minimal warning, without a chance for interception, and splashing down around 200 meters [656 feet] from" the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 7 points 4 months ago

So - a single missile of a type available to rebel groups can't be intercepted by a US aircraft carrier.
That sounds...not good.