Navy Seals presumed dead after anti-Houthi mission - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Two US Navy Seals who went missing during an operation to seize Iranian-made weapons - bound for Houthis in Yemen - are now presumed dead, the US military says.

"We mourn the loss of our two Naval Special Warfare warriors, and we will forever honour their sacrifice and example," said the head of Central Command (Centcom), Gen Michael Erik Kurilla.

Navy Seals are members of a specialist maritime military force responsible for tasks including reconnaissance and carrying out covert operations.

Military officials told the Associated Press the first Seal was swept into heavy seas during the night mission as they were boarding an unflagged dhow - a traditional sailing ship - where the weapons were discovered.

The supply, sale and transfer of weapons to the Houthis is considered a violation of a 2015 United Nations Security Resolution, as well as international law.

Dozens of vessels have been targeted in the Houthi attacks, leading hundreds of cargo ships and tankers to be rerouted around the southern tip of Africa to avoid the strikes.

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[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago

Damn. I’d rather take a bullet.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 15 points 8 months ago

Unfortunately, always a risk in naval operations. I have a relative who used to do search-and-rescue with the Coast Guard, and the stories he tells about just how difficult it is to find a human being once they're in the drink is... harrowing.

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago

My mind immediately goes to the idea that they’d have had some sort of high speed search and rescue nearby along with transponders and whatnot, which goes to show just how much more complicated it must be than movies and shit have made us believe.

[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 10 points 8 months ago

I just want a little GPS thing with a balloon string. Once you get your head above water, pull the ripcord and a little radio just screams a pulse in the radio waves.

They gear these guys up with all the throwing knives but not a floatable transponder???

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

I thought they usually have a beacon in the life vests? But idk what the operational limitations were for using them.

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