>American forces destroyed a missile belonging to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Wednesday that posed an “imminent threat” to US aircraft, the military said.
>The United States has carried out strikes on the Houthis both unilaterally and jointly with Britain, but previous air raids were focused on reducing the rebels’ ability to target international shipping rather than addressing a danger to aircraft.
>US forces “struck and destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile that was prepared to launch” after determining that it “presented an imminent threat to US aircraft,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
What’s the news here? Missiles get shot down all the time.
It’s news when a missile downs an aircraft.
Edit: I didn’t read the article and made the assumption this was just an attempt at clickbait. I was wrong and perhaps need to reflect on the source of my growing cynicism 👍
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>American forces destroyed a missile belonging to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Wednesday that posed an “imminent threat” to US aircraft, the military said.
>The United States has carried out strikes on the Houthis both unilaterally and jointly with Britain, but previous air raids were focused on reducing the rebels’ ability to target international shipping rather than addressing a danger to aircraft.
>US forces “struck and destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile that was prepared to launch” after determining that it “presented an imminent threat to US aircraft,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
What’s the news here? Missiles get shot down all the time.
It’s news when a missile downs an aircraft.
Edit: I didn’t read the article and made the assumption this was just an attempt at clickbait. I was wrong and perhaps need to reflect on the source of my growing cynicism 👍
R2D2 saves the day again
It was an SA-noidontthinkso
Intercept me harder senpai
Raytheon wins again