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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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[-] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

200 meter miss is actually wild. No wonder the U.S. left the Red Sea in a hurry with its tail between its legs

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago

Something really funny almost happened. ๐Ÿ˜ž

[-] 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.

[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

Sounds great actually. If you travel half around the world to kill starving people, you deserve to die

[-] linkerbaan@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Didn't a carrier accidentally "hit ground"?

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