How do you hit a ship with a ballistic missile?

 

It's not a warship being targeted AND hit, it's a slow, predictable path commercial goods transport in a pretty narrow shipping lane with no countermeasures or weapons.
The ASBM used here does have terminal guidance but it has a very limited homing cone to the target in the terminal stage. The US is targeting the sensor network of the Iran/Houthi launch sites.

The US Navy can easily handle the current threat but given time, one will slip though.
https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2013/navy/2013ssds.pdf

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/15/us-navy-seals-missing-gulf-of-aden-somalia

The Navy recognized the boat as one with a history of transporting illegal weapons from Iran to Somalia, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not made public.

The Seals were on the USS Lewis B Puller, a Navy expeditionary sea base vessel, and traveled in small special operations combat craft driven by naval special warfare crew to get to the boat. As they were boarding it in rough seas, at approximately 8pm local time, one Seal got knocked off by high waves and a teammate went in after him. Both are missing.

The team boarding the small boat was facing about a dozen crew members. The crew members, who were taken into custody, had no paperwork, which allowed a search of the vessel. The weapons were confiscated, and the boat was sunk, a routine procedure that usually involves blowing open holes in the hull.

 

That dog is laughing his tail off at the perp crawl.

 

That dog is laughing his tail off at the perp crawl.

The dog was bored. He wanted a bite.

He's thinking, "Run, perp. Run!"

 

That dog is laughing his tail off at the perp crawl.

Ha! ... "La Michoacana" is an ice cream and fruit slurries franchise that originated down here where I live! ... I didn't know it had gone international!

 

Ha! ... "La Michoacana" is an ice cream and fruit slurries franchise that originated down here where I live! ... I didn't know it had gone international!

I need to try it out when the weather warms up. Something with the same name opened not too far from where I live.
https://www.facebook.com/LamichoacanaDulce
https://www.facebook.com/reel/349080807830733

 

 

It has always bewildered me how these civil asset forfeiture laws ever got passed, let alone haven't been thrown out by every court that has ever had the opportunity to rule on them. I also can't understand why this hasn't resulted in a huge class-action lawsuit.

 

It has always bewildered me how these civil asset forfeiture laws ever got passed, let alone haven't been thrown out by every court that has ever had the opportunity to rule on them. I also can't understand why this hasn't resulted in a huge class-action lawsuit.

The reason is obvious, it's policing for money.

 

The reason is obvious, it's policing for money.

Oh, I understand why the executive branch loves it -- I'm just very dismayed that the judicial branch won't do their job and throw it out. It strikes me as a direct violation of due process, and I simply don't buy the bullcrap argument that they are somehow only taking action against the seized asset and not against the person when the fifth amendment specifically includes property.

 

...when the fifth amendment specifically includes property.

And the 2nd says "...shall not be infringed", but most states ignore this as well.

 

I hope the manufacturer gets the bill.

These products are defective in sooooo many ways.

 

I hope the manufacturer gets the bill.

These products are defective in sooooo many ways.

I won’t buy one until they are safer batteries available.

kv

 

I won’t buy one until they are safer batteries available.

kv

I won't buy one ever.

 

Mike Pompeo warns Iran is prepared to ‘fight to the last Houthi’

Iran has India and Pakistain on the same side.

 

 

I can't sleep while my wife drives. She thinks I'm ridiculous.

 

A sad story.