Remember That Houthi Missile That Almost Got Through?

Remember That Houthi Missile That Almost Got Through? - MARK WAUCK

• The significance of the missile that almost got through to the USS Gravely, and Arleigh Burke class destroyer, bears repeating—so I’ll repeat it. Or at least the first part of the post:

"Did Someone Just Send The US A Warning?
Potentially very big story out this morning: A US Arleigh Burke class destroyer shot down a Houthi cruise missile, using one of its Phalanx CIWS guns. 

• What’s the big story here? 

The Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer centered around the Aegis Combat System

• Phalanx CIWS?

The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats.

• What this means is that the Houthi cruise missile got past our most sophisticated defenses and had to be taken down by the destroyer’s last ditch defense system. 

Count on this—nobody wants to have to take down a cruise missile with a “close-in weapon system.”...