How USS Carney Shot Down a Houthi Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile — Three Checks in Seconds

On January 26, 2024, the Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile toward the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Carney in the Gulf of Aden — and Carney shot it down. Against missiles like it, said Carney's captain, Cmdr. Jeremy Robertson, an engagement lasted 9 to 20 seconds, start to finish. Three things had to be confirmed: the missile was inbound, it was within range of Carney's weapons, and no one was left out on deck. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper said such missiles flew at about Mach 5, and that no one before the Houthis had fired anti-ship ballistic missiles at shipping. By our own calculation, a missile like that covers 60 to 70 miles in a minute or so; a Shahed-type drone needs more than half an hour. The computers worked out a missile's path very fast, the captain said — but humans had to push the buttons. The whole deployment — the first fight, the Gulf of Aden, the burning tanker and the count that came after — is in the main film (about 11 minutes): [main film link — added after upload] Sources · U.S. Central Command — “Houthis Fire Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Toward USS Carney (DDG 64),” January 26, 2024 · U.S. Fleet Forces Command — “USS Carney: a Destroyer at War,” December 4, 2024 · U.S. Navy film of the same name (DVIDS 936530) · U.S. Navy video (DVIDS 945400) · U.S. Navy photographs (DVIDS) · Heather Mongilio — USNI News, May 20, 2024 · Patty Nieberg — Task & Purpose, May 20, 2024 · Diana Stancy — Military Times, May 21, 2024 · Norah O'Donnell — CBS News 60 Minutes, February 18, 2024 · David Martin — CBS News Sunday Morning, June 30, 2024 · Wes Rumbaugh — “Cost and Value in Air and Missile Defense Intercepts,” CSIS, February 13, 2024 (drone speed, for our calculation) · NASA Worldview — Suomi NPP VIIRS imagery · Headlines shown: Military Times, February 13, 2024 · Navy Times, October 19, 2024 The 3D scenes are a directed reconstruction built from the records with carved models, not footage of the events. The narration is a synthetic voice. The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement. #shorts #USSCarney #BallisticMissile #USNavy #Houthis #GulfOfAden #MilitaryHistory #SANDTABUL SANDTABUL · Warfare, set out on the sand table. Battles, operations and the machines of war, re-staged in carved 3D and placed in the world that shaped them.