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Except that the Houthis have actually shot down US assets. https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2024/09/16/houthi-rebels-claim-they-shot-down-another
by John23832 2y ago
Except that the Houthis have actually shot down US assets.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2024/09/16/houthi-rebels-claim-they-shot-down-another-us-mq-9-reaper-drone/ https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2024/09/16/ho...
So opesec, against all enemies, is important. Not just for diplomatic and political reasons. For OPERATIONAL (the op in opsec) reasons.
- ty6853 2y agoTheir extraordinarily rare shoot down have not served as a defense against our bombing campaigns. It is operationally meaningless.
- Arnt 2y agoI think that is correct, but how can defense against a meaningless campaign be meaningful? Perhaps you can explain the operational meaning of the bombing campaign.
- adammarples 2y agoIt's not an adequate defence but you should concede that a serious military do not actually want their best pilots and multilmillion dollar war fighting planes shot down? It is at the very least embarrassing.
- sorcerer-mar 2y agoAnd not using expiring messages on Signal is important also for record retention requirements.