Posted on 12/23/2023 11:14:47 PM PST by Eleutheria5
A combat drone believed to have been fired directly from Iran struck the Merchant Vessel Chem Pluto, an Israeli-linked chemical/oil products tanker off the coast of India on Saturday, according to a report broadcast on Israel’s Channel 12 News.
The tanker is owned by Rio Brillante SA, based in Panama, and operated by Fleet Management Ltd., based in Wilton, Connecticut.
The Israeli connection is not clear.
The attack, which started a fire on the vessel, took place some 200 nautical miles southwest of Veraval, India, according to Reuters, quoting the British Ambrey maritime security firm. Some “structural damage was also reported and some water was taken onboard” the firm said.
“Merchant vessels are advised these types of attacks are typically targeted at Israel-affiliated shipping, but have in the past mistakenly hit previously Israel-affiliated vessels,” Ambrey said. “This event fell within Ambrey’s Iranian UAV heightened threat area.”
This is the first such known attack so far away from the Red Sea since the start of the war against Israel launched by Iranian-backed Hamas on October 7th.
The vessel was reportedly carrying crude oil from a port in Saudi Arabia, and was sailing towards Mangalore in southern India at the time of the attack. It was rescued by the Indian Coast Guard ship ICGS Vikram, which will escort the vessel, expected to reach Mumbai by Monday (Dec. 25).
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Legitimately time for Israel to go full whoop-ass on Iran.
-fJRoberts-
Its all OK as long as Biden gets his 10% from Iran.
This will cause the price of oil to skyrocket as the Suez becomes unusable.
Which of course benefits Iran and it’s boyar-buddies in Moscow.
You’ve got to think if the drone was launched from inside Iran and hit a ship off the coast of India, that’s fairly sophisticated targeting.
They’re plenty of ships out there, I suppose they are using some type of AIS identification that was used by the drone to zero in on that particular ship, regardless it’s fairly impressive.
The coalition of Naval Assets is falling apart as multiple NATO countries have refused to go along with the US to counter all this drone activity.
All ship are tied into a GPS tracking system. You can look
Them up anytime.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-12.0/centery:25.0/zoom:4
First sink Iran’s Navy...
An EMP device would curtail most if this activity.
True, that’s why I mentioned the AIS system, it’s still pretty sophisticated from that distance.
The use of drones in modern warfare has change how battles are fought on land and now the sea, some type of counter measure needs and ultimately will get developed that doesn’t cost a million dollars per missile versus a drone that costs a few thousand.
“The coalition of Naval Assets is falling apart as multiple NATO countries have refused to go along with the US to counter all this drone activity.”
I won’t have that !
Canada is providing three petty officers, and the ship’s cat.
They’ll just push harder on laser development.
In the short run they can just bomb the launch site and everything related to the drones using old fashioned boombs.
Power bomb the state actors.
On a side note, vessels can choose to turn AIS off.
Not with Biden in the WH and under the complete influence of the "kill the Jews" Democrats.
This was in the Indian Ocean. Suez is between the Red Sea and the Med, and Yemen is on the far side of KSA, not opposite the Suez.
Apparently, the connection of this ship with Israel is tenuous at best. It’s the thought that counts, ultimately. But this was not Pearl Harbor.
Perhaps a low-cost version of the Phalanx CIWS gatling gun that merchant ships can afford? In the days of fighting sail no merchant ship of any size traversed the Indian Ocean without a battery of cannon. Same reason - Muslim pirates. Wouldn't have to be 20mm. Probably .30 caliber would do for those flimsy drones.
https://www.navy.mil/resources/fact-files/display-factfiles/article/2167831/mk-15-phalanx-close-in-weapon-system-ciws/
Why's that happening?
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