Inside look at U.S. Navy response to Houthi Red Sea attacks | 60 Minutes
For months, the U.S. Navy has operated out of the Red Sea at a pace not seen in decades, as the military responds to Houthi targeting of commercial ships. Norah ’O'Donnell reports.
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7:55 that mustache could shoot down one of those missiles
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🎵IN THE NAVY, YOU CAN SAIL THE SEVEN SEAS🎵🌈
100 likes for you good sir 😅
Holy sh!t
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You can’t put a price tags on safety of our sailors unless they going to VA😂
It’s not funny, these elites make big profits on wars they don’t care if your sons and daughters die in a war!
Bumblebrain Biden hates the military.
Most sailors DO go to Virginia! ;)
@@Geeksmithing Are you really that stupid?
I invite you to accept the right religion Islam so that you will success in this world and here after thank you it is your benefit you save yourself from hell fire after death ❤❤❤❤❤❤.
I love how the reporter's wardrobe matches every branch she interviews.
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Actors always dress for their roles.
I love how they slow down their words and try to accentuate the air.
Reporters are required to wear specific uniforms and adhere to strict protocols before embedding with our military.
Her wardrobe, her soothing tones,,,,,,,you still have your skeptical thinking skills?
$4 Million Dollar Missile and we already launched $400 Million Worth! Damn, War is Profitable for Someone, That's for Sure!
11:11 And yet the Biden administration has released Billions of dollars to Iran.
The US citizens building all this stuff
just shut up and buy some lockheed & raytheon stock
Remember US defense budget is roughly 1.7 trillion dollars. Running an aircraft carrier is roughly 1-2 million dollars a day. Waste is an economy too. Keep paying more taxes says the US government!
It's cheaper than the alternative which is no more commercial ships through the red sea. You will either pay for it in taxes or you'll pay for it in the increase in product costs. Suddenly $4M missiles don't seem so expensive.
Great presentation as always, thank you to all service members both former and current!!!
As a former Navy sailor, I have so much respect for these sailors! The U.S Navy is on top of their game! Extremely well trained, I was always impressed by the way my ship was commanded! No fooling around!
Oh, another bot 😛
They're facillitating genocide. There's nothing to be proud of. Also a former Navy Sailor who grew to understand Smedley Butler, Eisenhower's MIC warning, and JFK. You swore an oath to protect the US constiution and defend the homeland which these sailors are doing nothing of the sort. They are unlawful orders.
Another bot trying to qhitewash the clowns
@@kylebuchan3223 i can see a bot in you
As a healthy human being, do you have any respect for the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank?
That’s $400 million in just missiles, not to mention fuel, supplies, wages, jet fuel, and all the tail end requirements.
To us that money is astronomical but to the US government it’s nothing lol how insane is that
should send Europe the bill
The costs of all those ships going around the long way is astronomically higher. Not just the fuel, but dramatically changes what can and can't be sent, especially perishables, agriculture products etc. There's a big questions mark on why the USA should be footing the bill, although the article fails to mention that lots of other countries have pitched in.
Best exercise they have ever gotten and best advertisement imaginable for the systems used. Additionally an absolutely priceless message to anyone who thinks about messing with us that says: Our defensive systems are actually effective and reliable, so think twice. Just $400m for all of that? Less than peanuts.
@@robertstates6538 Then Europe might send us the bill for Afghan as well as Syrian and other "Arab Spring" caused refugee care expenses, and that's a bill orders of magnitudes higher...
The World Forgets... There was once a military service branch, 144,970 strong, disbanded after WWII, dedicated to the protection of our Convoys, and the Sea Lanes from concentrated German Surface, air and under sea attack. It was called The Naval Armed Guard...
Really ???
God bless our soldiers and sailors. Stay safe🙏🏼🇺🇸
This is an ad for the US Navy. Great cinematography
I have worked with the Navy for a long time and had the pleasure of going aboard the USS John C. Stennis and the USS Harry S Truman about 20 years ago. I boggles my mind how any nation or bad actor would have the stones to try to go toe to toe against us; it's a losing proposition. Go Navy!
FTN (USN Retired)
And yet the Houthis are still taking down ships. The Navy isn't doing much deterrence apparently. You gotta laud the courage and the principle of these people, who have almost nothing to gain and everything to loose by intervening in this genocide.
@@Shah_creates You are referring to the genocide of the Jewish people of course.
@@Shah_createsif it is such a Genocide why don’t their Sunni Brothers come to rescue them? Why do they have to beg Shia’s? America is not being tricked. Not even Egypt will help the Hamas Cowards hiding behind innocents. Fatah is the only hope for Palestine…
@@buddymac78 I will answer the question you asked. Egypt, Saudi, UAE, and Jordan all have special agreements with the US. They do not want to see Hamas win for two reasons: it would “weaken” Israel and will complicate the India-Middle East Corridor for trading as Palestine would get in the way, and the Hamas win will embolden other Islamic and populist movements to rebel against the Gulf monarchies (and dictator in the case of Egypt). Saudi finally made their strongest statement urging for a ceasefire, but this was also motivated out of self-protection, as the Saudi masses are sympathetic to Palestine and would not tolerate their monarchy simple sit back and watch a genocide. But you are right: the only people who stand up for justice and Islamic democracy/governance and the Middle East happen to be Shia and backed by Iran.
This wouldn't be the first war we got into over commercial shipping 😉
No not the first.. Last time was in the 80s if I'm not mistaken.
Not even with these kind of pirates....the Barbary Wars come to mind...
@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThingthey aren’t pirates though. They have detained ships assisting in genocide and instituted an Insurance blockade. That is not piracy, that is fulfilling obligations under the genocide convention.
@@Lifes2short4hate 1812
@@TheGrindcorpsHouthis are genocided 200,000 Arabs versus less than 30,000 by Israel. Learn Indian numerals.
The biggest impact of this shipping route is to Europe, but USA is involved the most. Are you kidding me?
As usual.
what part of do the right thing eludes you???
Europe has ships there too. But I do think that we shouldn't be getting involved with Israel. They are bombing the sht out of hospitals schools houses. We're helping em do it. Sad really. I don't support any of it. But I still find the Navy cool and I support our sailors. They are just following orders. Don't call em baby killers like Vietnamese vets.
This comment on its face comes from a naive minded puppy!
Use your brain mate. USA has its fingers in every economy on earth. It benefits you more than anyone for global trade to be working smoothly
"first major fight of the 21st century?" they haven't done anything in 24 years?
who's gonna fight the US navy? Russia? China? these are the 1st towlies who have ever tried it.
Yeah, they act like the Navy didn’t do anything in Iraq or Afghanistan. Not true!
Smaller stuff has happened back in 2002 but nothing recently until now
The fact you tried to question this shows how ignorant you are. The NAVY has not been engaged in this intensity since WWII. Their engagements in Korea War, Vietnam War, Gulf Wars have all been as support for the ground troops or aiding the Air Force. Did you not notice the "Houthis are the first non-state military firing anti-ship missiles against the US Navy"?
To borrow a line from Darryl Worley, "Have you fotgotten?" The Navy played major roles in Desert Storm and Desert Shield after 9/11/01..
1 rocket costs 4 million ? Sounds a bit expensive ? Does any one ask for receipts on these things
Thats the lowest bidder too 😝
Im an engineer who helps make them. They are very complicated and use components that are expensive due to small quantities. We don't waste money when engineering them and schedule is always totp priority.also defense companies only get a small profit usually. However I'm sure there are a lot of inefficiencies in the defense industrial base I'm not an expert and was skeptical like you before I got this job but I'm actually pretty heartened based on what I've seen. It's not perfect but it's not a disaster
Damn our Military power gives me chills sometimes. Seeing it and how it all runs is amazing.
And helpless against the Houthi's. 😂
Yah and they can't beat a rag tag group like the Houthis...All the carriers are gone now...
@@bigstuff52 if we didn't have to abide by the Geneva convention they would be gone in a few hours
@@sicc_playboys_1383 Bullshite..The Houthis are underground..They learned well with the Saudis bombing them with US help for 9 years..See how well our great Navy worked with all the sorties they ran on the Houthis..There isn't enough personnel in the US Army or Marines to mount a land invasion..War has changed..The world has seen how hapless and backward the USA is over the last few years..
The US isn't the only nation with naval ships in the red Sea. There are ships from European and Asian navies in the area. The Houthis state that they're only targeting US and Israeli aligned shipping but have been targeting ships sailing under other flags. If they continue doing this and it got to the point that it began to affect national economies it would not be hard to believe a coalition of nations coming together and just pulverizing them
God bless our troops as we enter WW3. I served two short tours during Operation Desert Storm, and our battle was not near the fight today. This kind of conflict has not been this serious since WW2. God bless America and our world.
comments like these make me break into sweats. my husband is active duty navy and is deploying this year
@@grxcedn Did you not read the comment? There is a magical man in the sky who will keep us humans safe if he wants to and if you beg him really nicely
Those Houthi Pickup Trucks and open fishing boats are some serious adversaries LOL
Did yah do a couple of short tours in Desert Stor..Realize Desert Storm couldn,t happen today because there isn't enough personal to do it..Plus with missile tech,the USA wouldn't own the skys..
@@grxcedn Active duty or not WW3 would have a permanent effect on everyone considering nuclear weapons! 😴😴
God bless the men a women that serve this great country! THANK YOU
I hadn't heard that a USN ship used its CIWS to shoot down a missile. That is scary. That technology is 40 years old. We had it on the Carl Vinson in the mid eighties. I pray for their success and safety but worry we are not state of the art. And 4 million dollar missles shooting down $10k drones. That is a mismatch that can't continue forever.
I don't know much about the US military, but it is worrying. I would have thought US ships would have large numbers of smaller missiles to shoot down small missiles, drones and the like. But maybe they really haven't adapted to the drone age yet.
Maybe I misunderstood, but I think they are using the $4 million dollar things to shoot down actual missiles. I would hope they are using NINJA systems and EW jammers to handle the drones. If I'm wrong, please educate me.
Not everyone can sit by and do nothing as people suffer
Yemen is evoking the duty to protect Palestinians from Israeli violence
@@Praisethesunson they should evoke duty to protect them from hamas policies. any isreali is better for them than hamas is.
@Praisethesunson they can do whatever to help Palastine except touching American soldiers or our boats. Hats are off when you attack our soldiers
@@sicc_playboys_1383 I think you mean gloves are off, but it still works.
@@sicc_playboys_1383 your soldiers are literally protecting that genocidal zionist regime. it's legal to fight occupiers.
Once again the American Taxpayer is paying for global security. I understand there needs to be safe trade routes which benefits the USA, however i would like to see Europe, Asia, etc and all the other nations that benefit from secure trade routes, make some financial or military contribution.
America does not pay for GLOBAL security, they pay for ISRAEL security
they did
America does not pay for GLOBAL security, America pays for ISRAEL's security
America does not pay for GLOBAL security, America pays for ISR@4L's security
It’s not just Americans but a coalition. If world trade lines break down, the US taxpayer could soon be unemployed. You can’t fix domestic issues by just diverting money spent here.
The Chineese and Europeans use this trading route more than the US. Way more. The Chinese should pay the US for protecting their economic intrests. Other countries should help with the economic burden the US is lifting on its own.
There are under nato a few countries and other countries as well. The problem with for example China taking over is that they are not a true blue water navy yet whereas that US can sustain various deep water operations at the same time. That's just part of the responsibility that comes with being a global economic empire.
@@olanlevan8470 indeed. But they should still pay us.
Great reporting, thanks
Imagine this war last for 20 years.
It's been going for hundreds of years. Only the names have changed.
@@BG-bx4ey no it hasn't
There is already a war that has lasted more than 20 yrs
@@marksanchez7323 Yeah the US military industry complex is barely a hundred years old, not hundreds of years old.
@holysword876 it's almost as if the second part of his comment is there for a reason
Good time to buy Honeywell, Lockheed & Raytheon stock ? 😊
GE, Pratt& Whitney. General dynamics. BAE systems
@@cc23001if you're buying those stocks because actually they're on sale a little bit not because they're going up.
They've actually been dropping.
Absolutely, Iranians have stock piled around 10, 000 missiles. Do the 40 billion dollar maths.
The companies don’t make a lot of profit the contractors do that’s why the stock isn’t a money glitch
Great interview by the 5th fleet commander
To the people stating 4 million for the missiles should consider the cost of one of the ships and the cost of life. US Navy veteran.
damn im getting flashbacks from 03-05 i was on the kitty hawk
Yoo I got to see the Kitty Hawk since I'm stationed in Washington (before it was moved to Texas for scrapping). I myself was on the Nimitz (5th fleet) and would have been in this situation if I didn't get out.
I was stationed on the Kitty Hawk from 05-10. We took it from Japan to Hawaii and cali for decommissioning and brought the George Washington back to Japan! I miss those days. I was lucky enough to be based with a squadron of f-18s and so outside of deployment I didn’t have to stay on the ship
I only been on the Intrepid Museum.
I was on the Enterprise, the star ship that is!
@@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm did you know a woman with the last name Solis by chance? I think she was enterprise but I could be mistaken lol
They were gonna send me to Oman in 2013 this isn’t new by any means lol
I just goggled this 😢and it’s crazy to think nothing is 🆕
Why didn’t you go ?
@@helloimclaudiowhy get killed for a country that doesn’t give a damn about me or anyone?
@@Visionofthehague because you’d be a true patriot
Oman is on the other side of the Arabian peninsula.
Im really glad our military learned NOT to underestimate our enemies. You can tell these officers take the Houthi threat very seriously.
I still remember my Med Cruise aboard the Nimitz in 85 and 87. We responded to a conflict off Lebanon and Libya.
Europe and Asia should step up!
They really don’t because they’re aware the US loves making moves first
@@fernandom5150 was just gonna say this. They know we will before anybody else does.
Other countries laugh at America, saying we’re trying to figure out our pronouns… yet our ships are actively patrolling. Where’s yours? Still deciding what tea to drink with your biscuit? Pardon me.
@Warthog42069 we're also having a pretty bad retention rate in the military. We had to take away some standards BECAUSE of the issues we're laughed at for. That's not to say we have a bad military right now. I think about it and...yeah. it's beginning to not look promising to me.
Other countries do not have the capability or capacity to deal with so many weapons. The U.S. Navy uses an IADS system called NIFC-CA, that allows for efficient deployment we of weapons for downing a large number of weapons. Other countries could shoot these things down, but would take casualties and lose civilian ships.
Not long ago we were saying the Saudis were a bunch of bad ol' meanies for fighting the Houthis .... now we're on the same sheet of music with 'em, aren't we?
Yep cuz mericah needs oil and needs money, war makes money and spurs on their economy.
Except that's completely wrong, the US has for years supported the Saudis in perpetrating genocide in Yemen.
No, we bashed the Saudis for achieving nothing but civilian casualties in their campaign. Case in point: they only stopped airstrikes in 2022 after 7 years of bombing, and 18 months later the Houthis were back at it like nothing ever happened. If the RSAF was anything more than a bunch of prima donna toy soldiers, this wouldn’t be happening.
@@GintaPPE1000 Maybe but air-campaigns alone have almost never achieved anything, except a band-aid solution. You need boots on the ground, lots of them, half the time it still doesn't work (US in Afghanistan), and you get labelled as an illegal invader no matter what you do or why.
Using $4M missiles to shoot down $10K drones is bizarre. It’s like using a space shuttle to cross the street. I hope the US military finds a more economical way of dealing with drones because the next opponent may have a lot more of them.
No, cannot! The US is too expensive to produce cheap goods!
...the success of drones in Ukraine has changed war forever.
Might the threat actually go beyond the drones, gathering intelligence prior to launch of supersonic weapons? Prophylactic for the threat?
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United Snakes imperialist terrorism agendas continues in Middle East
Do you ever think we are not the good guy for once? We have aided illegal occupiers of countries that have started regional wars that we only see as a strategical way to get at the bigger players before they get us ?
It only takes one successful naval attack to start a war. Some remember, others watched, few participated. History does not repeat itself, but man does.
That’s not true. Israel attacked the USS Liberty in 1967 and we did NOTHING.
It doesn't really They kept saying it only takes one dead soldier to start a war Now 3 American soldiers are dead 170 are wounded and still nothing
There is nothing new under the sun
@@shadowmere3587don’t forget the two navy seals that “fell off the boat” in a middle of the night boat raid against armed houthi
@@Jay-om8gr good point
Shhh..Lockhead Martin has mouths to feed..
“How long does this go on?” Avoids the question
It's been going on since the end of WWII. The Navy has been there patrolling those waters.
It's called "Double Speak" and almost all politicians, billionaires and high ranking Military officials are trained on how to answer a question without answering a question.
It's not a military person's question to answer. It's a policy question. Some would argue the US should never have started, and simply demanded that countries protect their own ships (in reality though, international shipping is ridiculously complex, with Greek owned Spanish flagged ships carrying Columbian grain to the UEA).
Until trumps becomes president and says enough is enough. America needs a president with balls. The houthis wouldn't dare try that stunt on putin or kim jong un.
@@tengolei2560 well yeah because the Houthis are supplied by Iran which is a partner of Russia and China.
This old Soldier says...Go get 'em, Navy!!!
I'm impressed with the leadership I see in our navy after listening to their responses to the reporter . Well disciplined , well trained , mission aware professional soldiers . I know our military is expensive , but will never stop believing in walk softly but carry a big stick.
Walk softly is joke right? The US walks harder than any country on the planet.
Don't you understand that warfare has changed...30 years ago the US Navy would have rolled up in there like they owned the place and bombed everything in site..They can't do that any more because of high tech missiles and drone warfare..
The American military are cowards 😤
@@novak.olen66 My desire is for us to walk softly , I do know our corporate empire is operated by a bunch of mostly puppet mouth piece politicians that love to make noise. And the number of good people that run for elected office is diminishing fast.
Seeing how the Houthis just hit a British tanker they day this was broadcast the deterrence isn't quite working LOL
Why is that funny 😐
@@magneto9555because the west will lose again lol
Deterrence isn't the goal.
"Away the SNOOPIE Team away"² Must be insane with the type of traffic there.
This guy at the end of the video has to be a robot , he doesn't blink at all
Seems like a fight between a megalodon shark 🦈 and a sardines schools .
yeah but the sardines have missiles ..This is nothing but propaganda by CBS for the US Navy..
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That is what people thought about USA vs Vietnam and also Ukraine vs Russia. Look at the outcome. we are spending multi million dollars missiles to destroy 200$ drones.
Houtis=Ukrainian
@@aug2890 did the ukrainian attack first? .-.
I’m not from the US and regardless of its politics, I will always be thankful to the US Navy’s role in protecting international shipping lanes to enable global trade. We all benefit from it one way or the other and these sailors are doing a tremendous job.
Who cares......
Your welcome
Thank you, people forget they are living in the most peaceful time in human history since 1945, and much of that is due to the US' global presence, like them or hate them.
The U.S has been warring all but a few years of it's history. You haven't lived in piece your whole life. You are too alienated to notice@@bixbysnyder-00
@@invisiblerevolutionummm, everyone in the modern world.
So glad our military men and women are still dedicated to their service to the country.
this is not the navy’s “first fight of the 21st century”
This is just navy PR, not journalism
We understand this is that. What CBS did want to extrapolate was the cost of continuing to shoot down the cheap drones, and missiles vs shooting at the people launching the drones and the missiles...
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Navy probably paid for it, or at least paid for their trip.
sadly that's the only way you're gonna get an in depth look at our military. Its a contractual requirement sometimes in order to be allowed to shoot (film) military equipment.
exactly, pr spin over exaggerating to spin up the us economys war machine.
Greatest Navy to have ever sailed the seven seas. ⚓️ "I can imagine a no more rewarding career and any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy. 🇺🇸
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Yah and the US Navy isn't the same any more..Warfare has changed buddy..The US Navy is not going to stop the Houthis..
anchors away..I'm 72 years old..How many times have I heard "anchors away" yah old boomer..This is a new world buddy..High tech has come and it's here now..Wars are not going to be fought like the time "anchors away" was in vogue..That was a long time ago...
Greatest maybe, but not the biggest anymore.
Not terrorist attack
Makes all kinds of sense to tell which ship the commander is.
An outside empire warns countries in that region to stay out of it. Absolutely, no sense of irony.
Houthi's are in rebellion against a country in that region.
Oh yeah, and Iran
If I were Yemeni, I would prefer the laws of the U.S. to the laws of theocrats.
The outside empire is defending something bigger than the countries of the region.
@@bullwinkle60 Indeed. The US Navy provides security against piracy and the lawlessness of the seas. Every country on Earth has benefited from the economic benefits of global trade guaranteed by the US Navy. A little gratitude would be nice, but by no means expected.
Good lawd 4 million vs 10k ? I guess we need to evolve too
This will lead to AI swarm drones from the us. Imagine dozens of high speed, stealth smart drones flying in the night to hunt. This will be far cheaper than those missiles.
@@Jay-eb7ik There's already videos of it, from over a decade ago probably. The sound is terrifying lol
The US is deliberately loading older weapons in their ships to get rid of them. These “million-dollar” SM-2s were long bought and paid for, being of Cold War vintage, and using them saves money on dismantling or refurbishment.
@@Jay-eb7ikmaybe they could do that before they collect taxes next year
I was on deployment in the US Navy twice over there. 2008/09 2011
What about the unmanned subs ??
Funny how 60 mins doesn’t mention the fact that Chinese and Russian ships sail through just fine. Also, some non Chinese ships and non Russian ships would wait for Chinese or Russian ships to come by then they would sail with them in close proximity so they think the Houthis would not attack. Also, Houthi uses drone and missiles that cost just a few hundred dollars while US military fires intercepts that cost tens of thousands of dollars. lol. If US was really serious about taking out the Houthis, they would have to do a ground invasion but they won’t, it would be too costly and it would probably up like another Afghanistan. Not looking good for the empire when you have a bunch of guys in saddles holding up the world most powerful military. All of the US allies see this.
Exactly, ships that don't facilitate ethnic cleansing and gene o cide are no problem. It's actually more restricted than US naval warfare in World War 2, especially in the Pacific.
That's actually untrue. Chinese and Russian ships have tried programming the AIS transmitter onboard to say things like, 'Chinese ship and crew/No Israeli ties' or 'Russian owned ship/We
Your pro Chinese (Orwellian mass surveillance state) and Russian (mafia-kleptocracy) positions disturb me, and give me little hope for the future.
The Chinese are paying a racket to the Houtis, that's why their ships are left in peace.
Missing from the conversation are 5,000 US military personnel stationed in Djibouti, right on the Bab alMandeb. Who has told us not to talk about them?
Am I feeling the TV reporter and the Navy personnel at Bahrain are rolling eyes at each other ?
Best military in the world USA..
What a waste of money no wonder American infrastructure is going to hell.
Exactly. European tourists come to NYC and are appalled at the state of our subway compared to theirs. Their governments pour massive cash into their infrastructure to make it clean and modern instead of funding a credible military while so much of our taxes go to defend them. It is an insane situation that should have stopped a long time ago but somehow never does.
@@3markawlol yuck nyc
Thanks 60 Minutes. And CBS. Hope the great access wasn't 'too good'.
When will the “find-out” phase happen? Did it already happen?
She brings up some tough questions but he answered all of them in professional manner.
we should be billing the shipping companies and those countries who will receive goods. Consider it a safety tax. Like when you go through the panama canal.
even with the USA Navy there,the shippers can't get any insurance..What insurance company would want to insure cargo ships in a war zone..
Except the navy isnt succeding in stop the attacks...
as if they made it safe to navigate in the Red Sea...
Nah, we shouldn't charge. It's the right thing to do. The US has provided maritime security since world war two. Look at the national and global impact global trade has provided
Exactly ! That is why we have a Navy.. To keep the sealanes open.@@drumbum4241
I guess Navy PR press releases qualify as journalism now
SO you haven't ever seen a historic war department news reel, ever? Especially those fun spiffy black and white jobs with theme music from the 40's? Oh sweet summer child.
@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing I mean, I have, but I’m not sure what that has to do with 60 minutes just acting as a mouthpiece for the defense department. This was literally an informercial to collect tax dollars for foreign policy. Journalists generally ask questions that should make people in power uncomfortable.. one could be forgiven for thinking this was rehearsed
Sadly it’s been that way for a long time.
And what exactly do you expect? A deep dive into the capabilities of the Navy? A rundown of future planned operations with timestamps?
@@Kenneth_James I guess it’s too much to ask to not have a White House press release masquerading as journalism
Admiral Cooper was the perfect person to answer all of these questions. He was so thorough and knowledgeable. The Red Sea is safer in his hands! God bless the American military!
This one route disrupted cost a lot on global trades... Now imagine if this is a full scale war.
Guess he's wanting to forget the Exocet.
Exocet is a cruise missile, he said ballistic missile.
I guess he missed that class at the Naval Academy when they spoke of Argentina in the early 80's.....
@@The_BIG_salad I bet I know 37 people that might not care for nitpicking the difference.
@@ecbst6 not nitpicking, just being accurate. A ballistic missile and a guided cruise missile are pretty different. Nitpicking would be if I corrected you on a specific variant of a missile or something like that.
A missile that travels at just under mach 1 vs a missile that can travel mach 4 or 5 are very different threats.
Thank You 60 Mins. Very Interesting 🤔 Thanks for your footages.❤
yes thank you war effort propaganda channel
What one sided story. Where were the Houthis in this story? My understanding is the Houthis are attacking shipping going to any Israel ports and giving warning to turn back first. Their stance is to continue until the genocide in Palestine stops. Where as the US are funding and supporting the genocide. There is so much moral bankruptcy here.
The captain of the destroyer's rank is Commander. This is standard practice in the Navy.
So I am no military strategist but wouldn't it make more sense to shoot at where the drones and missiles come from in Yemen instead of just shooting out at sea? This sounds dumb.
They do, that just isn't the focus of this piece. They were trying to highlight the anti-missile operations at protection. Not the counter-offensive strikes. The Navy launches ship to surface missile barrages on Houthi launch sites and bases in Western Yemen. The Admiral does mention that briefly in the video that they are finding and targeting launch sites after the Houthis reveal them.
i sense some love tension between the admiral and the pretty lady
Yeah I noticed too. She had that excited stupid grin on her face and they kept standing closer and closer.😊
If there was say a pop quiz or Trivia game with questions & such on this segment, my partner would likely ACE it! 🎉😊
I invite you to accept the right religion the religion of Jesus Christ peace be upon him Islam so that you will success in this world and here after thank you it is your benefit you save yourself from hell fire after death ❤.
That yeah yeay yeaaaaah yaah yah from the general is just shows you he gave her the questions shes asking 😂😂😂
Ahh the VAQ-130 Zappers! I was in VAQ-137 based at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington with all the other VAQ commands and our hangar was right next to theirs. I had some really good buddies from that command and we worked well together when borrowing GSE or consumables was required in a pinch for flight schedule. Man what an experience being in a Navy squadron was, and some days it really does still feel like yesterday.
I'm here to see my US Navy get it done. Look at that, we are still badasses. I was worried when I got out. And how about that,! , The Phalanx works pretty good, I always wondered if it would work when it counted. Thank you General Dynamics. And thank you to our Sailors. Always on my mind. Come home safe, keep your head on a swivel.
We already turned and ran a week ago from that third world country.
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Could all of this be a precursor of what could happen also in the China sea? The China sea would be 100 times more dangerous and at a faster pace with Chinese navy ships and submarines all over the place. I see this as a training ground for something bigger. The US will be tested over and over with these types of incursions and challenges, hopefully the policy makers are serious as these navy commanders.
Difference is the Chinese are smart enough to not instigate. Can’t say the same for these idiotic factions in the Middle East.
Youre giving the Chinese Navy too much credit
Wow, someone who thinks.
@@ferdiesanantonio7940 You better believe it? Never underestimate any adversary.
@@ferdiesanantonio7940 it will def be harder than a rebel group
I DO AGREE to the answer of the RADM when asked if its worth to shot the missiles of the Houtis by their expensive missile to protect the trade route. "SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT AT ALL TIMES". Money is nothing if safety is not given the priority.
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Thank you Norah O'Donnell and 60 Minutes for covering this. 👍
Yes a one side propaganda piece for sure
Am I the only one that thinks $4million for a missile is a bit of an over-payment? Leave it to the US government to go after a bargain. God bless you shipmates!
Even worse is thinking that $4 million to achieve a $10.000 drone
@@10910Luisit is not just the cost of the enemy drone vs US missile you factor in this situation, you’ve to factor in the cost of the cargo ship + the cost of the goods in that ship + the loss of people + loss of confidence in a global trade (if it gets hit) . When you think in that scale, the $4M is bargain atp.
@@BristolBerg Ok, but he and his financiers also have other costs besides the price of the drone
@@10910Luis which financiers? Im just responding to your comment about the cost of the missile not being bad because the consequences are far worse.
Yeah, CBS was reluctant to extrapolate that to anticipated expenditures...
I LOVE AMERICA WE ARE VERY POWERFULL AND VERY TACTICAL . GOD BLESS OUR ARMYS...
I am sure you can not restore safe navigation now.
The ships aren’t based in USA. What the hell
Nah, world's too big
USA is FAR away from that place, FAR.
It’s mostly European ships our taxes is being used to protect, why not their own taxes They might as well be 51st state and pay federal taxes
@@abdiganiaden Guess whos gonna suffer if Europe enters in a recession?
@@gureidens61 Europe?
If shippers have to spend X amount of $$$ in fuel by shipping around the horn of Africa, what is the USA, (ie: US Taxpayers), paying to fuel ships and aircraft/drones/etc in the Red Sea, plus over 7,000 US military men and women. All at US Taxpayer expense as well.
11:11 And yet the Biden administration has released Billions of dollars to Iran.
"self defense" from 8,000 miles away?
It's defending free shipping lanes, which is basically that. Distance is not a factor here.
Will Brad Cooper play ADM Cooper for the movie??
FYI the Yemeni men make the taliban look like a boyscout troop that gives up easily !!! And we all know how that ended !!
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@@blaiiiine5594 no cap, they are comparable to the Vietnamese
The houthis should ask Japan what we did to them when they messed with our boats.
You should know that Yemen is not Japan. It is foolish to fight a country that has nothing to lose.
@ebrahimhabib949 how dastardly you are for trying to excuse terrorism. It doesn't matter who you are... you don't get to attack merchant ships in international waters.
@@ebrahimhabib949 nothing to lose? How about their very lives?
@ebrahimhabib949 and you're right... Yemen and Japan are very different... Japan was actually a challenging fight. Yemen... well they dont even rank on the list of worthy adversaries
@@jdoe7697 And this is why ignorance is always bad. Belittling your enemy due to any reason can be a fatal decision, and The Houthies are literally risking their lives on this and they see it from a different angle, on the other hand the west will never sacrifice their lives for important issues. Time will show us who is righteous at the end and I hope you would be alive to comment then.
The reason the Navy hasn't needed to do this kind of fighting in a long while is because in the past we have not ruled out land-based troops and fly-overs attacks. We are so reticent to create another drawn-out war that we will literally wait until a destroyer is destroyed to do very much about the origin points of these attacks.
And a toll of 500-1000 servicemen killed by politicians…again.
"reticent to prevent"?
@@markprange2430 Good catch. Thanks, updated.
Or…because the us fights weak countries with no naval capabilities. But now they’re getting more sophisticated
"Houthi and the Blown-up Fish" Those CIWSs sure look like R2D2 with a serious case of morning wood.
Trump has a point, in that if it’s primarily European shipping at risk, why aren’t more European navies doing the policing?!
Because we subsidise defense for them tbh. Gigaberlin literally shut down cause of these attacks and you know what’s worse. China depends on this route to export everything to Europe and they aren’t doing a peep despite having a base in Djibouti.
Their navel tonnage has declined since the fall of the USSR. At most a navy, any navy can only have a third of it's ships deployed at any time so the ships they are contributing is pretty much everything they can in a sustainable way.
@@portcybertryx222there not attack Chinese or Russian ships. Wonder why?
They are shooting only ships that going to Isreal
We are!
4:18 The Vice Admiral claims the US Navy hasn't seen such action since WWII. He needs to reopen his history books. During the 1988 naval conflict in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy ships were attacked. The U.S. Navy launched Operation Praying Mantis on April 18, 1988, in retaliation for the mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts by Iran. During this operation, the U.S. Navy destroyed two Iranian surveillance platforms, sank two of their ships, and severely damaged another. The most significant of these encounters was the largest surface naval action for the United States since World War II, resulting in the largest warship sunk by the U.S. Navy since WWII. The U.S. Navy also exchanged surface-to-surface missile fire with the Iranian forces during this operation. Also, review the 1987 USS Stark incident. Aside from that bit of misinformation, this was an outstanding video. Good job, 60 Minutes!
He said for this long of a duration but yeah Iran got it handed to them that day
ftapon..That was 30 years ago buddy..Let me see the US Navy try that now..Warfare has changed..
Qualifying his remarks for the uninitiated in a 60 Minutes audience would have extended the segment past 13:08 and probably edited out. Of greater concern is our time on station, ordnance re-supply and depth of the bench.
5:21 Am I mistaken here? Falklands War. In 1982, during the Falklands War, Argentine Navy Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard warplanes carrying the AM39 air-launched version of the Exocet caused damage which sank the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield on 4 May 1982. Two more Exocets struck the 15,000-ton merchant ship Atlantic Conveyor on 25 May.
I believe there were five Brit ships, along with the Sheffield, that went down. Even back then, when the RN was in far better shape, were it not for the US aid in intel and logistics, it would have been much worse. In fact, the Brits would probably have lost.@@im1who84u
Fan here in the Philippines 🌴
Anf also all the Ports
our international politics looks like a house managed by a spoiling mom raising a bunch of brats and beating up the elder son for trying to help.
Compared to the UK, the US is an infant.
ummmm Biden caused all of this
What would you suggest to deter the attacks on these shipping lanes?
Mainly is due to decline of good faith in One God, and the Messianic order, which people should share by the interfaith, and brotherhood among mankind, the rise cults which has corrupted the Christian values in TVs, and Islamic prophetic tradition as well, and the lost Judaism of the good Hebrews rabbis and their isolation by the Zionist movement fabricated in England in the 1920, by the Balfour one sided agreement in violation of the human rights of the Palestinian natives, and disregards to UN security council mandate, for two states plans, for the Jewish refugees to return to Palestine, not the groups of armed Jewish mercenary, and millionaires whom in 1920 era funded lawless groups to start killing Palestinian natives along killing, ad bombing the British army personal up to 750 killed, its on British army record files. After 75 years of bloodshed and disregards now the Gaza genocide, and displacement. America has a duty to God the father, and Jesus teaching as a peace maker along other nations by not to send arms and funding to the Israeli regime.
Implementation of UN Security Council resolution. Not US unilaterally. No votes against, few predictable abstainers.
Why are we the only big country fighting?
Because your country has balls!👊 👍
@@bikerman6907 because whenever the US economy is suffocating there's a war or two starting , it's proven already
There are several other countries operating in the strait right now, the US is the main element leading the task force, but they are hardly alone.
That’s what happens when you are the global leader
Because other countries are paying the US for protection and security with the US global trade interest.
All those high tech weapons and vehicles we left in Iran are hard at work. You don’t have the best weapons if the enemy has them too.
But, but, but we were told that Orange Man Bad was going to get us into wars?????
I thought the world was round 😂
Debatable