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Two Navy Destroyers Helped Defend Israel Against Iranian Missile Barrage
 
Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin
Published October 01, 2024 at 5:32pm ET

Two U.S. Navy destroyers helped defend Israel against a ballistic missile attack by Iran on Tuesday that threatened to plunge the region into a wider conflict, U.S. officials confirmed.

The USS Bulkeley and USS Cole fired "approximately a dozen interceptors against the incoming Iranian missiles," which were captured on video streaking across the night sky above Israel, according to Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, who publicly briefed reporters.

 
The two ships were part of the effort to thwart an attack that officials described as nearly twice the size of Iran's earlier missile barrage on Israel in April. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the result was that the latest attack was effectively defeated, describing it as "ineffective" at a briefing Tuesday.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/10/01/two-navy-destroyers-helped-defend-israel-against-iranian-missile-barrage.html
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Re: Two Navy Destroyers Helped Defend Israel Against Iranian Missile Barrage
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2024, 01:09:18 pm »
How ironic the USS Cole should be one of the ships! :yowsa:
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Re: Two Navy Destroyers Helped Defend Israel Against Iranian Missile Barrage
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2024, 01:24:37 pm »
So they fired 12 Standard missiles against 181 incoming Iranian ballistic missiles...something seems off with the math here.
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Re: Two Navy Destroyers Helped Defend Israel Against Iranian Missile Barrage
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2024, 03:45:28 pm »
So they fired 12 Standard missiles against 181 incoming Iranian ballistic missiles...something seems off with the math here.

Maybe the Israelis defeated a significant number of missiles as well.
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Re: Two Navy Destroyers Helped Defend Israel Against Iranian Missile Barrage
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2024, 04:45:19 pm »
So they fired 12 Standard missiles against 181 incoming Iranian ballistic missiles...something seems off with the math here.
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Re: Two Navy Destroyers Helped Defend Israel Against Iranian Missile Barrage
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2024, 05:02:31 am »
Did I miss something?  Story doesn't say the missiles hit their targets.