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Capt. James A. Kirk, commanding officer of future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) answers questions from the media ahead of the ship’s commissioning on Saturday. US Navy Photo
the ceremony starts at 5 pm Eastern which means 11 pm here hehe
 
4 layers of successive défenses SM-2/6, ESSM, ECM and in last Phalanx, very capable !
it's like playing roulette with red and black covered but ... zero may come (in case our American friends didn't know, in Europe there's just one zero (in green) in the wheel :)

One of the U.S. Navy's Most Powerful Warships Just Came Under Missile Attack (Again)
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and something happened again:
CNO Richardson: USS Mason ‘Appears to Have Come Under Attack’
This post and headline have been updated with additional information from the Department of Defense. While Mason fired counter-measures to protect itself, it is yet unconfirmed if the suspected threats are cruise missiles or originated in Yemen.

A U.S. guided missile destroyer may have been attacked on Saturday off the coast of Yemen by anti-ship cruise missiles for the third time this week, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told reporters on Saturday.

USS Mason (DDG-87) — operating in the Red Sea, north of the Bab el-Mandeb strait — believes to have fired upon by multiple coastal defense missiles, a Navy official told USNI News. Mason used defensive counter measures to counter the apparent attack and the ship and crew were unharmed, the official said.

Following the Baltimore commissioning ceremony of guided missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), Richardson confirmed some details on the apparent attack to reporters.

“The latest is there has been recent activity today with the Mason once again. It appears to have come under attack in the Red Sea again from coastal defense cruise missiles fired from the coast of Yemen,” he said.
“So as you know this is the third such attack. We suffered one about a week ago. We also saw one in the middle of last week and now we see more activity.”

In a late Saturday statement to USNI News, Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Gary Ross said U.S. ships launched countermeasures to defend against an apparent attack.

“Earlier today, a U.S. Strike Group transiting international waters in the Red Sea detected possible inbound missile threats and deployed appropriate defensive countermeasures,” Ross said in a statement.
“Our sailors and ships are unharmed, and we are still assessing the situation.”

The latest attack on Mason follows a Wednesday retaliatory strike in response to earlier attacks on the ship. Guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) fired several Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles into Yemen to target three Houthi radar sites the U.S. said were used to provide information target the anti-ship missiles used in the previous attacks, Pentagon officials told USNI News earlier this week.

In a statement on the Wednesday U.S. strikes, spokesman Peter Cook threatened the U.S. would respond to additional attacks, “as appropriate.”

“The United States will respond to any further threat to our ships and commercial traffic, as appropriate, and will continue to maintain our freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb, and elsewhere around the world,” he said.

Mason, Nitze and USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15)
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strait following the Oct. 1 attack that destroyed the high-speed logistics vessel HSV Swift operated by the UAE.

The attacks on Mason and Swfit are believed to have been launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels using Chinese-built C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles supplied by Tehran.
While the Pentagon is reluctant to discuss the countermeasures the ship used, at least during the first attack
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(ESSM) to counter the threat, USNI News reported.

“They have everything that they need to defend themselves from these attacks and respond when needed and so we’re proud of the crews – they’ve done terrific,” Richardson told reporters.
“It’s another thing that shows you when we send our sailors overseas that we send them with the very best because it’s dangerous.”

The following is the Oct. 15, 2016 Pentagon statement provided to USNI News on the apparent attack on USS Mason.

Earlier today a U.S. Strike Group transiting international waters in the Red Sea detected possible inbound missile threats and deployed appropriate defensive countermeasures. Our sailors and ships are unharmed, and we are still assessing the situation. We will continue to defend freedom of navigation in this critical waterway, and we will take all necessary steps to respond to threats and defend our personnel and ships.
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USS Mason Fired on Again Off Coast of Yemen: Officials

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason was fired on again in international waters off the coast of Yemen, but the ship deployed countermeasures and the vessel was not struck, two U.S. officials said.

The incident occurred late Saturday or early Sunday local time. At least one missile was fired, the officials said.

"The Mason once again appears to have come under attack in the Red Sea, again from coastal defense cruise missiles fired from the coast of Yemen," Navy Admiral John Richardson, chief of naval operations, told reporters at an event in Baltimore Saturday.

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Jura, any US guys interested only Europeans, curious o_O
I think it's because the presidential race (which I can't discuss here, actually I won't discuss it anywhere anymore because both candidates are morons)

now there is little US Military news in general (I looked for example at DefenseNews right now: more than half of Top Headlines concern European acquisitions within Europe! of course no word for example why F-35 engine got burnt again
Sep 24, 2016
... F-35A Catches Fire at Mountain Home Air Force Base
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when the Pentagon will pay for Lot 9 (and how much :) ... I mean soon many Program Managers will be packing their stuff)

EDIT plus of course the CR: https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/us-military-news-reports-data-etc.t1547/page-618#post-417908

US Navy’s new “super-stealth” destroyer officially joins the fleet
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yeah:
the biggest balsa-wood ship ever
 
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