US Navy Destroyer Had 90 Seconds to Respond to Missile Attack From Yemen Militants
Alex Lockie
Yesterday at 3:04 PM
Navy Aegis radar saved the USS Mason from a potentially deadly attack.
At about 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday in the Bab-al-Mandab Strait between Yemen and Eritrea, the USS Mason, a guided missile destroyer, detected an incoming missile.
The ship’s Aegis Combat System, an advanced radar and fire control system spotted the thread as it zoomed towards the ship.
“You have about 90 seconds from saying ‘yes, that’s a missile” to launching an interceptor missile, one US official told Stars and Stripes.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1717894-us-navy-responds-to-attack-within-90-seconds
