The Chinese watching this from their base in Djibouti have to be giggling. "Looks like 'ol Mao was right about the paper tiger."*
From Reuters, February 24, 2024, 10:48 PM EST:
Yemen's Houthis targeted MV Torm Thor, a U.S.-flagged, owned, and operated oil tanker, in the Gulf of Aden, the Iran-aligned group's military spokesman Yahya Sarea said on Sunday, as the militants continue to attack shipping lanes in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The group targeted the tanker with "a number of appropriate naval missiles," Sarea added in a televised speech.The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the USS Mason, a guided missile destroyer, on Saturday shot down one anti-ship ballistic missile launched into the Gulf of Aden from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen that was likely targeting the tanker.Neither the USS Mason nor MV Torm Thor were damaged and there were no injuries, CENTCOM added in a statement....
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*Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung
U.S. IMPERIALISM IS A PAPER TIGER, July 14, 1956
