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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Something really funny almost happened. 😞

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Didn't a carrier accidentally "hit ground"?