I have a feeling their fellow sailors are going to be buying them a round or ten of drinks when they get to port, though...

The crew may be eligible for the combat action ribbon, but I do not see them getting anything more.

Larry of Arabia has kind of a funny title doesn’t it? ;)

Overkill? Not even... Two Standards and one ESSM to defeat two incoming cruise missiles is pretty damn good.

*sigh*

I know and that is the sad part. This was an act of war and it deserves a little more than being just a blip. Cruise missiles are nothing to laugh at. The US cut diplomatic ties with Russia and now this. The election is a complete distraction to something much more serious going on in the world.

Let’s be thankful this wasn’t worse, and I’m glad our boys are safe.

If only T.E. Lawrence were here to shake his head at the mess the middle east has become. He told them where to draw the lines for fucks sake, and they ignored him.

Take over for Tyler. Please!

This is where Andrew is supposed to ask you to send him an email.

Because when things go right they don’t make news. If sailors had been killed it would’ve been yuuge news. But since nothing blew up, there’s nothing for CNN to play video of.

Because it shows how crappy the situation is there, and that goes very much against the narrative.

Insane, no matter where you stand. This is a major deal and should have been the top story, period. It’s as if the COLE attackers had been stopped by an alert sentry but nobody noticed.

 Second, the royal F$$# were those missile firing idiots thinking!

Oh yes, firing a land based cruise missile is not exactly an easy or quick thing.

Vastly quicker deployment. Launches like a missile then does its business.

I’ve been licking airplane armrests for years and haven’t gotten sick yet.

I am glad to see these systems working, since CWIS was never activated I can only imagine the threat was eliminated early and Nulka was deployed early as a precaution. It can take time for Nulka to maneuver into place away from the ship and at the same time I am sure other ECM is being activated to splash the…

That post gave me a stiffie.

Well.....shit.