Double Tap boat strike

Taking out a small boat is harder than taking out a big boat.

@BaltimoreMaven
I take it you haven’t played battleships (if that has anything to do with this).
small ships are harder to locate in battleships, but it real life not only are they hard to locate but even when located they are harder to target as they are more agile and reroute quicker faster. and more effectively. A larger boat, once hit will start to slow down, which makes it harder for it to manoeuvre, and definitely to reroute/change direction to avoid getting hit……

“ujm” is actually completely right on this one. Even with the best tech, it isn’t so easy to hit these zippy little boats that don’t have a big “footprint” on radar, satellite cameras, etc. The main new thing here is that every little glitch and mess-up is now broadcast to the whole world for every armchair general to judge. Same problem as the war in Gaza, or even the US in Afghanistan.

Baltimore, small boats are harder to hit than missiles. Missiles mostly follow a trajectory according to laws of physics. and you also have million $ budget to hit them. The boat can maneuver and is subject to waves and wind and you are using simpler munitions to hit a boat. Also, in this case, US Navy is covering large areas so sensors and munitions might be at far distance. So, even if everything is done right, the boat movement while munition is flying is affecting results. Look at Iraq/Afghanistan time videos of shooting moving vehicles – a somewhat simpler problem as the aircraft is closer and the car is moving on the road.

A war crime, plain and simple. Hegseth needs to be court-martialed for extradudicial murder.