US naval ships targetted in rocket attack!

the USS Kearsarge looks kinda rusty…n well not so appealing…..has the US navu at least thot of giving it a paint job?

I heard rumours that the MoD was looking to purchase some of that class in the continuous dilly-dallying over the future carrier – and then convert it. Thankfully that idea seems to have shelved….

or is it non of the above and i don’t know why you spend time speculating this kind of things.

Yeah… on a discussion board… what was I thinking… discussing something someone wanted to talk about… or was this thread really just a bulletin board to post news for those who don’t have a very good local paper…

or is it non of the above and i don’t know why you spend time speculating this kind of things.

every terrorist attack is at least this, so, what’s the point here?

The question mark at the end of the sentence denotes that that sentence was a question, not a point.. even though your post has a question mark, the emoticons try and make a point.

To simplify it so it is unambiguous then:

Was this a terrorist attack that was incompetantly lead and planned by people who had no idea what they were doing (ie hey… we have some artillery rockets… how do you use them… hey lets use them on those Yankee ships down in the harbour…) or was it just a gesture to get US troops trigger happy in the hope they will retaliate stupidly and gain some local support against the US…

or was it always just a token attack to tell the US they are never safe and keep them on their toes?

every terrorist attack is at least this, so, what’s the point here? :confused: :rolleyes:

the USS Kearsarge looks kinda rusty…n well not so appealing…..has the US navu at least thot of giving it a paint job?

Not sure that’s a recent picture.

Below a pic from March 25, 2005.

April 19 2005

not very smart are they? can’t even hit a ship!

my condolences to the jordanian family. such is the irony of terrorism, just like in afghanistan and iraq, they target the Americans but end up killing their own countrymen. sad.

Well nobody’s ever accused them of being the brainy type.

the USS Kearsarge looks kinda rusty…n well not so appealing…..has the US navu at least thot of giving it a paint job?

What would an AS-16 traveling at Mach 5 do to a Destroyer? 😐

While it is bigger and heavier than an Exocet, it has a smaller warhead. So, I expect, probably a bit but not a whole lot more than an Exocet would. Depends on which target is hit. (compare HMS Sheffield and USS Stark)

What would an AS-16 traveling at Mach 5 do to a Destroyer? 😐

Exactly my point: if they had really wanted to do this right they could have, even with Grad rockets

Grad rockets would never have sunk the ships… even if used in large numbers, that is true. And the number required to get a decent return in effect would have made it a logistical nightmare, so questions remain. Are they incompetant and this was the best they could manage, or was it always just a token attack to tell the US they are never safe and keep them on their toes?

I guess US should stop training with most of the middle east’s puppet regimes.. Thats puts life on the line..

what the…is Pakistan an American puppet too?

Grads were issued with single round launchers for use by special forces. When properly used and aimed by those who know what they are doing it can be a very effective weapon. An area target like a ship would be engaged with multiple weapons from different single round launchers and the effect on target would be reasonably spectacular, if no overly effective. (Against a ship it might start a fire and cause a bit of external shrapnel damage but would be very unlikely to actually sink anything).

Exactly my point: if they had really wanted to do this right they could have, even with Grad rockets

Grads were issued with single round launchers for use by special forces. When properly used and aimed by those who know what they are doing it can be a very effective weapon. An area target like a ship would be engaged with multiple weapons from different single round launchers and the effect on target would be reasonably spectacular, if no overly effective. (Against a ship it might start a fire and cause a bit of external shrapnel damage but would be very unlikely to actually sink anything).

In other words, by using Katyusha’s (or some other similar rocket), with known qualities and shortcomings, the shooters indicate that they hoped to get a lucky shot in and that they did not concern themselves with any possible collateral damage whatsoever. Also, imho, it indicates they were not really determined to do damage to USN ships, or else they would have chosen a different method of delivering explosives.

According to yahoo news, the rockets were Katyusha’s. Not exactly precision stuff

A grad rocket would do rather more damage than an RPG but it is a ballistic weapon and not accurate enough to be direct fired at a single target. They were designed to be fired in volleys at area targets, so it is no surprise they missed. An RPG, being a direct fire weapon would be much more likely to hit but carries less than 1/5th of the HE payload of a Grad rocket.

According to yahoo news, the rockets were Katyusha’s. Not exactly precision stuff 😉

they maybe fired the RPGs in lofted trajectory to gain some range in the general direction of the ships.

anyway lets see when the american fleet dares to dock in karachi next 😉

I guess US should stop training with most of the middle east’s puppet regimes.. Thats puts life on the line..

they maybe fired the RPGs in lofted trajectory to gain some range in the general direction of the ships.

anyway lets see when the american fleet dares to dock in karachi next 😉

These are the ships the terrorist thankfuly missed.

USS Ashland

USS Kearsarge

And they are both HUGE!!!!! (How can you miss those??)