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According to new reporting from the New York Times, a Houthi surface-to-air (SAM) missile barely missed an American F-35 fifth-generation fighter, the crown jewel of the U.S. fighter inventory. The F-35, participating in Operation Rough Rider against the Houthis, was forced to take evasive action to avoid the missile.

The incident raises questions about the survivability of one of America’s most advanced fighters, and raises concerns over how effective the relatively unsophisticated Houthi air defense system has been at hampering U.S. action.

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[–] DragonSidedD@lemmy.ml 93 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

TBF, taking down an advanced USA fighter jet is a tad less impressive when they are apparently falling into the sea on a regular basis

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

At least some of those aircraft appear to be falling into the sea because Aircraft Carriers are having to make rather extreme turns, evasive manuevers, in order to evade other Houthi missiles / drones.

https://www.newsweek.com/satellite-image-shows-us-carrier-that-lost-plane-making-dramatic-turn-2065407

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Inflatable bumpers that can be activated during emergency maneuvers to keep planes on deck.

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Critical support for both the Houthis and Poseidon

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 weeks ago

Scoreboard |


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US aircraft carriers | 0 Poseidon's trident | 2

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Those were F/A-18 Super Hornets from the aircraft carrier. Not as advanced as you might think.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 23 points 3 weeks ago

Advanced enough to not take a swim while on duty.

[–] Brisket@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Well, they're not the so-so hornets. So like, a little advanced.

[–] DragonSidedD@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

True. Still, not exactly something 3rd world countries (or many 2nd-world) can produce.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

based on the impact of war and how people have been living there in Yemen for the past decade, I'd say "3rd world" is a reasonable assumption/classification.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

An order of magnitude cheaper

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

All of those were caused by Ansarallah fire causing the carrier to take evasive maneuvers. Ansarallah inflicted the damage either way