Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday.
The tanker, identified as the Central Park, had been carrying a cargo of phosphoric acid when its crew called for help that “they were under attack from an unknown entity,” the US Central Command said in a statement.
The USS Mason, a guided-missile destroyer, and allied ships from a counter-piracy task force that operates in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia responded to the call for help and “demanded release of the vessel” upon arrival, Central Command said.
“Subsequently, five armed individuals debarked the ship and attempted to flee via their small boat,” said the statement posted on social media platform X.
It is factually correct, just like ballistic missile is too. It lets you know it’s a dumb missle vs a smart one.
If that distinction isn’t important, why is missile over projectile?
You still missed the point entirely… do you need a stool or something? You can’t have your cake and eat it too lmfao. You’re being a hypocrite of missile is important over projectile, but not clarifying ballistic as well.