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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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[โ€“] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Something really funny almost happened. ๐Ÿ˜ž

[โ€“] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks 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.

[โ€“] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

[โ€“] linkerbaan@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Didn't a carrier accidentally "hit ground"?