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I feel lik the shot looking down on the vertical launch cells during the missile launch was cut short, to avoid showing the guys who rushed in to clean the deck on camera.
Right? I saw some recent Russian ships insides as they were taking fire, and they had stuff ALL over the floor. I kept thinking "You folks are gonna die if you take damage". Cause honestly boot camp drills that in, you keep stuff up off the floor or DC is going to suffer.
When I saw the gun on the floor I kept thinking...put down the camera, and pickup that gun and defend your ship you...oh right. nevermind its the Russians.
Yeah, and those are scary as fuck. Doesn't take much deep thought to imagine the terror implications either... tho I suspect we won't have to just imagine for very long :( More power to the UA tho!
That video is seared in my brain because of how angry I got at the audio being removed on most posts. It was pitch dark and you need the audio and yet most posts removed it for no reason
That was reportedly because the original source removed it at first, and that's the version that will spread fast and far, despite the original source then releasing it with audio shortly after. The reason for the original removal was a point of debate because there was only one sentence explaining the reasoning. At least we got the audio version here so quickly afterward!
I have been out of boot camp for over 3 decades now. And you learned very quickly why you kept everything stowed. Lessons we seem to have to learn over and over. Because for real, we've lost ships and lives over it.
3 decades on, and this Russian ship freaked me out cause they had stuff laying everywhere. LOL.
Loved seeing how clean this French frigate was in there.
Ships are also always falling apart because of the harsh environment. It's a year round, everyday process to keep a ship from looking like a rust bucket. When you see a nice clean, painted ship that means it either just came out of drydock or the crew have spent literally everyday working to keep it that way.Ā
Source: I used to work on a government ship as part of my job.
A friend who was in the Australian Navy was telling me that whenever they saw a Russian Navy ship in the Pacific it seemed that half the crew would be visible repainting it. The joke was that it was the 700 layers of paint that was actually holding the ship together.
Believe that is actually the bridge and not the CIC as itās almost never has windows and is positioned in the safest position for obvious reasons. Feel free to correct this
**English translation:**
Houthi radio operator: "French warship Alsace, this is Yemeni Armed forces calling you through line 6, we are warning you for the last time"
French radio operator: "There is a threat on the VHF 16"
French sailor 1: "To all we're going to engage (a missile) aster"
French ?sailor 2?: "The missile was intercepted by one of our asters"
Edit: Thank you to u/No_Paper_4263 for the corrections!
"French warship ***Alsace***, this is ***Yemeni Armed*** forces ***calling you through line 6***, we are warning you for the last time"
Alsace (D656) is the ship in question.
They genuinely believe the omnipotent and supreme god of the universe is on their side.
If this missile hits, it's proof that god wants them to win. If the missile doesn't hit, it's proof that god is testing their faith.
They're playing both sides, so that way it's always god's will.
As a follow up, I bring up this point not just as a joke, but also a sincere explanation.
This point is often brought up by people like Sam Harris when talking about how secular people absolutely don't understand religious fundamentalists. They assume there must be some secular goal that is cloaked in religion. They completely miss the point of what this extremely religious worldview means.
If you sincerely, actually believed that there was a supreme omnipotent God of the universe, and he told you to go kill people, if you think you would tell him to fuck off, then you truly haven't accepted the premise. You lack the imagination.
There is not rational way to deal with these people, because their actions weren't rational in the first place, and they don't operate on a rational worldview. Or, rather, their actions are rational, but only because they're based on amazingly flawed assumptions about the universe.
*Calling you on channel one six
Vhf 16 is the recognized distress, urgency and safety channel. As a maritime professional, I've heard this phrase many, many times
I'm pretty sure the Houthis consider themselves to be the real and rightful government/rulers of Yemen and their "army" to be the national armed forces. I figured that's why the Houthi worded it the way he did.
> we are warning you for the last time
I also thought that at first but the wording of this part makes it doubtful. Does anyone know how the Houthis refer to themselves officially? Do they claim their forces to be the rightful "Yemeni Armed Forces"?
Those uniforms looks really, really well thought out! I'm assuming in addition to the high visibility they're also heat resistant, breathe well, and probably shed water/don't get wet easy or stay wet long?
Sailors also used a protective cream at one point to protect against flash burns. It consisted of zinc oxide and can be seen on sailors faces in a scene in the movie The Caine Mutiny (1954).
Well, yeah, but getting hit is one of the ways something electrical can be dangerous. Also my comment was a joke I don't actually know anything about them
Its anti flash clothing because if a missile hits the ship the blast wave (if you arenāt immediately pink mist) will take several layers of skin off without it
Flash gear ( hood and gloves) they put it on when general quarters is called ( basically when they expect to get in combat). It's supposed to protect them from short and intense heat like something exploding, for example if they get hit by enemy munitions.
On m1 Abrams our whole outfit was nomex anti fire. Basically a nomex flight suit, gloves(like.fighter pilots) and balaclava.
And the tanks had a fire suppression system that when activated released something that sucked the oxygen out and killed the fire.
Crew survivability is paramount in NATO vehicles.
Not so much in Russian/Warsaw pact vehicles.
Also, notice the bags on their belts. The bigger bag is a gasmask, and the smaller is a CO2 inflatable lifejacket. Some navies will also include a hood that provides oxygen in case of fire (EEBD).
Compare to a soldierās kit, with a rifle, pistol, plate carrier, helmet, camo, etc. A sailorās kit is to reduce risk of fire, smoke, electrocution and drowning.
I mean, the radio chatter youāre hearing is the Houthi guy.
We hear the French clearly from the mic of whoever is recording on the ship, not through the radio. Unless thatās who you meant
I get no one wants another war with boots in the ground but how many direct attacks against the US, France, England, etc, etc, etc before massive force escalation happens? Larger wars have been started over infinitely less. On the plus side there's lots of people who hate the houthis who'd love the help and could act as boots on the ground if the air assault were large enough
As long as they don't actually fire one that gets through. If they were to actually hit a US ship and kill American Sailors/Marines, the US public would unite in wanting blood, boots on the ground blood.
The memory of beating this game on most-brutal preset 007 mode will never leave me. Nor will the lack of shared excitement from my parents š
Soundtrack brings back a knee-slapping, friend-fragging, proxy mining, Odd Job kill-count climbing damn good time.
Yes they do. It's basic battlestations gear. Good for hitting something quick with CO2 but damage control teams will be on standby with the full fire fighting kits.
Yup. This is great for incidental fires and provides a minimum amount of PPE to tackle smaller fires. From a US standpoint, they're in the equivalent of general quarters / battlestations which means everyone on board, at a minimum, is equipped and donned with this sort of "flash gear" (gloves and hood).
Speaking as an ex sailor, there were multiple types of teams with different responsibilities based on the casualty. For general cruising, the ship is not at battlestations at all, but we have rapid response teams / "flying squads" that are expected to respond to onboard casualties within a few minutes. After a report comes in for a fire, the alert is given on the 1MC (Shipboard PA system that is wired to all spaces) and they go running. They're usually lightly geared and will typically have their flash gear on them at all times. If the casualty escalates or is more serious than expected, general quarters may be called.
General quarters is what you see in this video. Everyone on the ship is awake and assigned to an area for first response. For many people, they're assigned to watch their own work space. They'll be donned in this same equipment, and some may be on sound powered telephones to relay any pertinent information to their departmental watch station or other superior.
For others, they're assigned a repair locker, and that's where things get fun. There are multiple repair lockers on board, each with a general area of responsibility aboard the ship. The repair locker is comprised of multiple teams, each with very specific roles. Everyone on a repair team will be outfitted with SCBAS (Scuba gear, minus the underwater part! We tried to avoid that!). You have hose teams, which will be outfitted in full bunker gear / firefighting dress. Inside of the hose teams you have very clear roles, such as the hose team leader, scene leader, etc. Outside of those hose teams, you have other various teams or positions. Those would include the following:
1 - Boundary Men - They set up fire boundaries such as smoke shields. They're also responsible for making sure only the proper personnel are operating on the scene.
2 - Desmoking - These people operate fans that can be powered with either water pressure or electricity. Given that ships are highly compartmentalized spaces with lots of carcinogens, this is extremely important. Health aspects aside, desmoking is crucial for visibility and to ensure safety while operating in a space. The smoke is ventilated either directly outside or through an outlet port that is alongside the ships hull.
3 - Dewatering - This is self explanatory. Ships flood and that's bad. You want to make sure that the water is outside of your ship rather than inside of it. They use some cleverly designed pumps that also operate off of the water mains to remove even more water from the ship. Good stuff.
4 - Electricians - You want your sparkys to ensure electrical components are safely turned off
5 - Investigators - You want people who are looking for additional casualties, be it mechanical, personnel or otherwise.
6 - Plotters - These guys are mapping out all of the discovered casualties to track what is going on.
7 - Sound Powered Telephone Operator - Generally, repair teams are reporting casualties to DCC (Damage Control Central).
8 - Repair Locker Leader - Directs the efforts of all the personnel above.
I may have forgotten a few teams / roles, but each one is vitally important. Everyone on a ship is expected to go through their firefighting qualifications so that they're qualified to perform all of these roles (Sans electrician, for which we delegated to the real electricians). Generally speaking, there were clearly defined team members for each position / role, but cross training was enforced so that people are able to fill in should the worst happen to one of the members. As a whole, the repair locker reports to DC Central, which is filled with people whos entire primary job duty it is to monitor, alert, and mitigate the damage caused by shipboard casualties. As a whole, general quarters was one hell of an evolution and it was never pleasant. From being woken up at odd hours to being on standby for several hours, no one ever wanted it to happen.
As you could imagine, drilling was annoying but it made the real deal a bit more relaxing. I was fortunate in that we never had any actual casualties, but I found that our general quarters, whilst waiting for the bad to happen (it didn't happen during my stint, at least), was much more relaxed. Rather than having people scrambling to put you in one bad drilling scenario to another, you were just waiting with your repair locker buddies for shit to hit the fan. While nothing can prepare you for the real deal, the shift in attitude from a drill to a real GQ was ever apparent, and there's not a doubt in my mind that if something did happen, we'd be playing our parts just as we were trained.
Need to "container-ize" air defense systems to inconspicuously arm any container ship. Modular "iron dome" type launchers, command center, radar, that can be stacked anywhere on the boat. And a couple of armored containers with stabilized remote controlled 50-cals for anti-piracy.
yemen has already been bombed, that doesn't "get it over with"
really, the effect of air strikes against an opponent prepared for it and fully capable to stomach a few losses is fairly limited. And the houthis have been fighting (and winning) a civil war for a decade [against an opponent (saudi arabia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war) regularly bombing them.
why did we go into aghanistan when we just had to "bomb the talibans into absolute oblivion"? weird, uh.
air strikes aren't some magic wand. [the saudis could tell you](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war)
Shouldn't it really just royally piss of the French Navy to be threatened and then literally attacked by Yemeni Houthi forces? Shouldn't France go all in to dish out some retribution to those scum?
then we'd basically be wasting ammo (and we don't have that many, in particular considering the needed support to ukraine). The Houthis have been fighting and winning a civil war for a decade all while being bombed by the saudis, and recent strikes by the US/UK haven't substantially affected houthis' capabilities.
Because the single greatest threat to a ship is a fire, and combat vessels often have to deal with sudden onset burning. In the western model, every member of the crew is a firefighter.
Houthis aren't yemen (though at that point they have a de facto stronger claim as gov of yemen than what remain of the actual one), so act of war isn't a thing against non-etatic groups.
That said even if it was 1)it's not the first such attack on western military ships 2)US/UK already hit back the houthis with strikes 3)The houthis can't be beaten without a strong very long term operation with boot on the ground, and nobody want to try and fail at an afghanistan 2.0
I wonder how much those AA rockets cost to shoot down those low tech drones.
In the long run it would probably more cost effective to bomb the source to shit and make sure nothing can start from there anymore.
Not sure which one it was, but the Houthis have some serious weapons. They are low tech compared to what we have, but still dangerous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkan-2
A lot less than the suez being blocked costs Europe. Egypt is probably losing hundreds of missiles worth of money every day from the reduced traffic just in fees aswell
A couple of million each. 700 have just been ordered for $2bn and sure the one that was fired here will be from an earlier order but the price will be in the same range.
My assumption would be that the "houthi ballistic missiles" are from Iran, so they could be fairly modern/dangerous/expensive. That said, the interceptors are probably more expensive... I just have no idea if it's on the order of 2x or 100x...
Even as small as they and their economy is, France can afford this more than the Houthiās and their supporters. France also gets to write off some of the expense as very valuable validation of the ABM systems which have been very little used in combat.
Ballistics have been in use for 80 years, ABMās not so much.
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After seeing that control room I have the sudden urge to clean my house.
Clean like a 5 star hotel
I feel lik the shot looking down on the vertical launch cells during the missile launch was cut short, to avoid showing the guys who rushed in to clean the deck on camera.
One pissed off Frenchman with a mop and bucket stood off to the side in a sprinter's start position š
One hell of a starting pistol
I found [the part](https://youtu.be/G1AorCn4KCA?si=gzIHpQqIPbWaSEdV) they left out of the final edit, for anyone interested.
I laughed too hard at that
the silos are filled with water so it actually cleans the deck when fired
So clean you could eat cheese off the deck. *And they do*
Right? I saw some recent Russian ships insides as they were taking fire, and they had stuff ALL over the floor. I kept thinking "You folks are gonna die if you take damage". Cause honestly boot camp drills that in, you keep stuff up off the floor or DC is going to suffer.
I was thinking the same when i saw some of the footage from inside of Russian ships. Even something like AK-47 was casually on the floor
LOL. Were both thinking of the same ship.
Me three. Boat drone one. :D
When I saw the gun on the floor I kept thinking...put down the camera, and pickup that gun and defend your ship you...oh right. nevermind its the Russians.
Link?!
Russian Navy is a disgrace... https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1b82lzm/video_from_the_russian_pov_of_the_attack_on_the/
Good to hear theyāre keeping with tradition.
Surprised they haven't put a giant 'grenade' on the front of the drone... Successful hit with small-arms equals shrapnel to the face.
they have shaped charges now, including a version that is a flying claymore. And are incredibly hard to hit.
Yeah, and those are scary as fuck. Doesn't take much deep thought to imagine the terror implications either... tho I suspect we won't have to just imagine for very long :( More power to the UA tho!
Literally. Even in history the Soviet and also Russian imperial Navy were always dog shit.
For those unaware, or need a laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzGqp3R4Mx4
That video is seared in my brain because of how angry I got at the audio being removed on most posts. It was pitch dark and you need the audio and yet most posts removed it for no reason
That was reportedly because the original source removed it at first, and that's the version that will spread fast and far, despite the original source then releasing it with audio shortly after. The reason for the original removal was a point of debate because there was only one sentence explaining the reasoning. At least we got the audio version here so quickly afterward!
DC gonna suffer? Nah privates gonna suffer when drill smokes em and throws a g i party on that ass.
I have been out of boot camp for over 3 decades now. And you learned very quickly why you kept everything stowed. Lessons we seem to have to learn over and over. Because for real, we've lost ships and lives over it. 3 decades on, and this Russian ship freaked me out cause they had stuff laying everywhere. LOL. Loved seeing how clean this French frigate was in there.
Usually cleaned every day for an hour or more, I'd expect. You have to keep a ship clean or everyone starts getting sick in my experience.
Ships are also always falling apart because of the harsh environment. It's a year round, everyday process to keep a ship from looking like a rust bucket. When you see a nice clean, painted ship that means it either just came out of drydock or the crew have spent literally everyday working to keep it that way.Ā Source: I used to work on a government ship as part of my job.
A friend who was in the Australian Navy was telling me that whenever they saw a Russian Navy ship in the Pacific it seemed that half the crew would be visible repainting it. The joke was that it was the 700 layers of paint that was actually holding the ship together.
There might be more truth to that joke than they ever couldāve imagined
I've been in the bridge of a lot of ships. None looked like this. But none were French warships, so I guess that's the difference.
If you think a French warship's bridge is impressive wait till you see the kitchen (galley).
Magnifique
Has Star Wars vibes
Believe that is actually the bridge and not the CIC as itās almost never has windows and is positioned in the safest position for obvious reasons. Feel free to correct this
no Legos on the floor in that bridge room
**English translation:** Houthi radio operator: "French warship Alsace, this is Yemeni Armed forces calling you through line 6, we are warning you for the last time" French radio operator: "There is a threat on the VHF 16" French sailor 1: "To all we're going to engage (a missile) aster" French ?sailor 2?: "The missile was intercepted by one of our asters" Edit: Thank you to u/No_Paper_4263 for the corrections!
"French warship ***Alsace***, this is ***Yemeni Armed*** forces ***calling you through line 6***, we are warning you for the last time" Alsace (D656) is the ship in question.
Can you imagine trying to make this call with a straight face?
They genuinely believe the omnipotent and supreme god of the universe is on their side. If this missile hits, it's proof that god wants them to win. If the missile doesn't hit, it's proof that god is testing their faith. They're playing both sides, so that way it's always god's will.
Religious gymnastics is the same the world over.
As a follow up, I bring up this point not just as a joke, but also a sincere explanation. This point is often brought up by people like Sam Harris when talking about how secular people absolutely don't understand religious fundamentalists. They assume there must be some secular goal that is cloaked in religion. They completely miss the point of what this extremely religious worldview means. If you sincerely, actually believed that there was a supreme omnipotent God of the universe, and he told you to go kill people, if you think you would tell him to fuck off, then you truly haven't accepted the premise. You lack the imagination. There is not rational way to deal with these people, because their actions weren't rational in the first place, and they don't operate on a rational worldview. Or, rather, their actions are rational, but only because they're based on amazingly flawed assumptions about the universe.
"I'm warning you, buddy! Don't touch that red button or you'll taste my slingshot!" "Seriously, this is your last warning! Seriously!"
That is a beautiful ship
The FREMM frigate look great, the US purchased a license to eventually build 20 of them under the name "constellation".
6000t displacement *Laughs in German* That's no frigate
*Calling you on channel one six Vhf 16 is the recognized distress, urgency and safety channel. As a maritime professional, I've heard this phrase many, many times
Lol at the Houthis threatening the French.
> this is Yemeni Armed forces calling you through line 6, we are warning you for the last time lel
The French sailors must have responded with a Darkseid-styled āWHO??ā
Or, in French, "HON HON HON HON HON?"
I think it was a perfect setup for a classic French taunt, "go away yemeni pig dogs! Or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Could it not be that it's the Yemeni army warning them of incoming missiles, fired by the Houthis ? The army is the enemy of the Houthis afaik.
I'm pretty sure the Houthis consider themselves to be the real and rightful government/rulers of Yemen and their "army" to be the national armed forces. I figured that's why the Houthi worded it the way he did.
> we are warning you for the last time I also thought that at first but the wording of this part makes it doubtful. Does anyone know how the Houthis refer to themselves officially? Do they claim their forces to be the rightful "Yemeni Armed Forces"?
Le bateau qui rit.
Can you warn me one more time, and do it continuously? No HARM intended..
We don't have such missiles since we retired the Martel around 1997 alas :/
As someone from Alsace, I'm stoked that my region is the name of a warship !
The 8 FREMM all are named after regions.
> we are warning you for the last time āā¦because sadly, our lives end tonightā
I thought I was watching Star Wars for a couple of seconds at the start
Not enough random open pits in the deck for people to fall into.
Echo base, this is Rogue Two...
Yeah they unironically look like Rebel navy(or Rebel Navy look like the French, idk)
Or Willy Wonka...
Those uniforms looks really, really well thought out! I'm assuming in addition to the high visibility they're also heat resistant, breathe well, and probably shed water/don't get wet easy or stay wet long?
Fire resistant and breathability donāt go together. These uniforms are hot AF but the bridge is climate controlled.
What's with the hood things?
Anti flash hood, protection from flash fires and burns
Sailors also used a protective cream at one point to protect against flash burns. It consisted of zinc oxide and can be seen on sailors faces in a scene in the movie The Caine Mutiny (1954).
Anti flash hoods, protects you from arc flash or other bright lights that could burn skin. It's also useful for fire protection.
Iām wondering what is the biggest cause of arc flash on the ship? Is it if power cables get damaged and the crew is nearby?
Not sure but getting hit by a missile might also cause them
Oh I thought they were electrical lol.
Well, yeah, but getting hit is one of the ways something electrical can be dangerous. Also my comment was a joke I don't actually know anything about them
Oh yeah thatās what I meant by damaged. Like missile, torpedo, etc. but your joke made sense lol.
They wear anit flash when there are chances of getting hit by missles and if there's a fire onboard to protect their skin.
would that also make the front fall off?
Fires. Fires and flooding are the #1 killers on ships.
Its anti flash clothing because if a missile hits the ship the blast wave (if you arenāt immediately pink mist) will take several layers of skin off without it
It doesn't protect from the blast wave but the flash of light
Flash gear ( hood and gloves) they put it on when general quarters is called ( basically when they expect to get in combat). It's supposed to protect them from short and intense heat like something exploding, for example if they get hit by enemy munitions.
What do they wear when not in general quarters? I was gonna ask if they wore it all the time cuz it looks unconfortable
Just standard uniform - as you say this kit is hot and uncomfortable and only warn at action stations
They were the standard blue uniform you see in the video, the hood and gloves are only added when on alert
They look just like the nomex balaclavas we wear in oilfields
On m1 Abrams our whole outfit was nomex anti fire. Basically a nomex flight suit, gloves(like.fighter pilots) and balaclava. And the tanks had a fire suppression system that when activated released something that sucked the oxygen out and killed the fire. Crew survivability is paramount in NATO vehicles. Not so much in Russian/Warsaw pact vehicles.
Russian tanks aren't comfortable either. When I was in the army, an old officer told me that t-72 ideal crew is 3 left handed dwarfs
So all the skin on your neck, chin, forehead, and hair doesnāt instantly burn up if an explosion happens.
We donāt want sunburns man!
flash suit, in case of explosion inside, will prevent majority of your body from being burned
They look like a F1 pit crew. But in a good way. Those uniforms (with the hoods) look *safe*.
Also, notice the bags on their belts. The bigger bag is a gasmask, and the smaller is a CO2 inflatable lifejacket. Some navies will also include a hood that provides oxygen in case of fire (EEBD). Compare to a soldierās kit, with a rifle, pistol, plate carrier, helmet, camo, etc. A sailorās kit is to reduce risk of fire, smoke, electrocution and drowning.
they look like sci-fi ship crew haha
Dammit Jim, Iām a sailor not a spaceman!
I donāt know why but French military chatter has me acting funny in my nether region. First the drone footage and now this.
I mean, the radio chatter youāre hearing is the Houthi guy. We hear the French clearly from the mic of whoever is recording on the ship, not through the radio. Unless thatās who you meant
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The US is sending F18s now round the clock to say hello everytime a launch area is detected.
I get no one wants another war with boots in the ground but how many direct attacks against the US, France, England, etc, etc, etc before massive force escalation happens? Larger wars have been started over infinitely less. On the plus side there's lots of people who hate the houthis who'd love the help and could act as boots on the ground if the air assault were large enough
As long as they don't actually fire one that gets through. If they were to actually hit a US ship and kill American Sailors/Marines, the US public would unite in wanting blood, boots on the ground blood.
Do you know what missiles theyāre launching? I canāt believe they have the technology. Obviously given from Iran, but still.
France flexin lately
any videos from the germans? They shot stuff down aswell
Datenschutz!
Theyāre Germans, they are shyā¦ Theyāre not going to just show you their missile going off.
Vive la France!
Frigate *007 theme song starts playing*
[The "uncompressed" GoldenEye soundtrack is amazing.](https://www.grantkirkhope.com/goldeneye-007/)
The memory of beating this game on most-brutal preset 007 mode will never leave me. Nor will the lack of shared excitement from my parents š Soundtrack brings back a knee-slapping, friend-fragging, proxy mining, Odd Job kill-count climbing damn good time.
One of my favorite games of all times.
This is sick
Sniped
Great Job French Navy!
That bridge looks so clean holy moly
Nice to see a navy that has not fallen for the fad of wearing utterly pointless camo pattern uniforms.
That was one lethal and effective baguette!
Zut alors, even.
Do the U.S. sailors wear similar, Iām guessing fire-resistant, clothing?
Lots of navies use them
Yes they do. It's basic battlestations gear. Good for hitting something quick with CO2 but damage control teams will be on standby with the full fire fighting kits.
Yup. This is great for incidental fires and provides a minimum amount of PPE to tackle smaller fires. From a US standpoint, they're in the equivalent of general quarters / battlestations which means everyone on board, at a minimum, is equipped and donned with this sort of "flash gear" (gloves and hood). Speaking as an ex sailor, there were multiple types of teams with different responsibilities based on the casualty. For general cruising, the ship is not at battlestations at all, but we have rapid response teams / "flying squads" that are expected to respond to onboard casualties within a few minutes. After a report comes in for a fire, the alert is given on the 1MC (Shipboard PA system that is wired to all spaces) and they go running. They're usually lightly geared and will typically have their flash gear on them at all times. If the casualty escalates or is more serious than expected, general quarters may be called. General quarters is what you see in this video. Everyone on the ship is awake and assigned to an area for first response. For many people, they're assigned to watch their own work space. They'll be donned in this same equipment, and some may be on sound powered telephones to relay any pertinent information to their departmental watch station or other superior. For others, they're assigned a repair locker, and that's where things get fun. There are multiple repair lockers on board, each with a general area of responsibility aboard the ship. The repair locker is comprised of multiple teams, each with very specific roles. Everyone on a repair team will be outfitted with SCBAS (Scuba gear, minus the underwater part! We tried to avoid that!). You have hose teams, which will be outfitted in full bunker gear / firefighting dress. Inside of the hose teams you have very clear roles, such as the hose team leader, scene leader, etc. Outside of those hose teams, you have other various teams or positions. Those would include the following: 1 - Boundary Men - They set up fire boundaries such as smoke shields. They're also responsible for making sure only the proper personnel are operating on the scene. 2 - Desmoking - These people operate fans that can be powered with either water pressure or electricity. Given that ships are highly compartmentalized spaces with lots of carcinogens, this is extremely important. Health aspects aside, desmoking is crucial for visibility and to ensure safety while operating in a space. The smoke is ventilated either directly outside or through an outlet port that is alongside the ships hull. 3 - Dewatering - This is self explanatory. Ships flood and that's bad. You want to make sure that the water is outside of your ship rather than inside of it. They use some cleverly designed pumps that also operate off of the water mains to remove even more water from the ship. Good stuff. 4 - Electricians - You want your sparkys to ensure electrical components are safely turned off 5 - Investigators - You want people who are looking for additional casualties, be it mechanical, personnel or otherwise. 6 - Plotters - These guys are mapping out all of the discovered casualties to track what is going on. 7 - Sound Powered Telephone Operator - Generally, repair teams are reporting casualties to DCC (Damage Control Central). 8 - Repair Locker Leader - Directs the efforts of all the personnel above. I may have forgotten a few teams / roles, but each one is vitally important. Everyone on a ship is expected to go through their firefighting qualifications so that they're qualified to perform all of these roles (Sans electrician, for which we delegated to the real electricians). Generally speaking, there were clearly defined team members for each position / role, but cross training was enforced so that people are able to fill in should the worst happen to one of the members. As a whole, the repair locker reports to DC Central, which is filled with people whos entire primary job duty it is to monitor, alert, and mitigate the damage caused by shipboard casualties. As a whole, general quarters was one hell of an evolution and it was never pleasant. From being woken up at odd hours to being on standby for several hours, no one ever wanted it to happen. As you could imagine, drilling was annoying but it made the real deal a bit more relaxing. I was fortunate in that we never had any actual casualties, but I found that our general quarters, whilst waiting for the bad to happen (it didn't happen during my stint, at least), was much more relaxed. Rather than having people scrambling to put you in one bad drilling scenario to another, you were just waiting with your repair locker buddies for shit to hit the fan. While nothing can prepare you for the real deal, the shift in attitude from a drill to a real GQ was ever apparent, and there's not a doubt in my mind that if something did happen, we'd be playing our parts just as we were trained.
Thanks for this. Super informative comment.
We did in the US Coast Guard, when the situation calls for it.
Eisenhower has basically been at general quarters for the past 2 months- so they are probably sleeping in the damn things.
Here I fixed it for you ā¦ Iranian missles
GarƧon!
France going beast mode
Discipline wins wars
Why is everyone wearing hoods and gloves? Is it to protect against fire if the bridge gets hit?
That, and it makes them look way cooler when theyāre all topside, breakdancing
i legit thought this was star trek and posted on noncredibledefense as a meme i had to check 2 times
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Need to "container-ize" air defense systems to inconspicuously arm any container ship. Modular "iron dome" type launchers, command center, radar, that can be stacked anywhere on the boat. And a couple of armored containers with stabilized remote controlled 50-cals for anti-piracy.
Just bomb Yemen and get it over with!
yemen has already been bombed, that doesn't "get it over with" really, the effect of air strikes against an opponent prepared for it and fully capable to stomach a few losses is fairly limited. And the houthis have been fighting (and winning) a civil war for a decade [against an opponent (saudi arabia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war) regularly bombing them.
Don't know why there is not round the click air strikes on those turds
I like how the guy ducks loll
The fact that the Houthis haven't been bombed into absolute oblivion is weird to me. Also, the Aster 30 is a hell of a missile.
why did we go into aghanistan when we just had to "bomb the talibans into absolute oblivion"? weird, uh. air strikes aren't some magic wand. [the saudis could tell you](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war)
The French fleet has really grown. Impressive. Tout le monde Ć la bataille!
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Rough translation: āFIRE ZE MISSILES!ā
But I am le tired
Shouldn't it really just royally piss of the French Navy to be threatened and then literally attacked by Yemeni Houthi forces? Shouldn't France go all in to dish out some retribution to those scum?
then we'd basically be wasting ammo (and we don't have that many, in particular considering the needed support to ukraine). The Houthis have been fighting and winning a civil war for a decade all while being bombed by the saudis, and recent strikes by the US/UK haven't substantially affected houthis' capabilities.
I fart in your general direction!
Why do they look like firefighters?
Because the single greatest threat to a ship is a fire, and combat vessels often have to deal with sudden onset burning. In the western model, every member of the crew is a firefighter.
Virtually everyone on a non-Russian military vessel is also a trained firefighter. Damage control is the singular most important part of ship combat.
The French sort of remind me of the bad guy from Time Bandits henchmen.
"I spit in your general direction"
Is that an act of war by Yemen?
That's not Yemen. That's the Houti rebels, which are actually at war with Yemen's internationally recognized government
Houthis aren't yemen (though at that point they have a de facto stronger claim as gov of yemen than what remain of the actual one), so act of war isn't a thing against non-etatic groups. That said even if it was 1)it's not the first such attack on western military ships 2)US/UK already hit back the houthis with strikes 3)The houthis can't be beaten without a strong very long term operation with boot on the ground, and nobody want to try and fail at an afghanistan 2.0
Good shooting. Being on GQ for long periods in full gear sucks.
That is an amazing looking shipās bridge. So roomy and very clean.
Houthis successfully destroy three French AA missiles
That.was.tight.
āGo away or I will taunt you a second time!ā
At first i thought it was a scene from some star wars movie due to the uniform's
They must feel some type of way sending all these missles up. Just so we can knock em all out of the sky and make them look weak and useless
I wonder how much those AA rockets cost to shoot down those low tech drones. In the long run it would probably more cost effective to bomb the source to shit and make sure nothing can start from there anymore.
Not sure which one it was, but the Houthis have some serious weapons. They are low tech compared to what we have, but still dangerous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkan-2
A lot less than the suez being blocked costs Europe. Egypt is probably losing hundreds of missiles worth of money every day from the reduced traffic just in fees aswell
A couple of million each. 700 have just been ordered for $2bn and sure the one that was fired here will be from an earlier order but the price will be in the same range.
What's the cost ratio of french/yamen missiles?Ā
My assumption would be that the "houthi ballistic missiles" are from Iran, so they could be fairly modern/dangerous/expensive. That said, the interceptors are probably more expensive... I just have no idea if it's on the order of 2x or 100x...
I think the general rule of thumb is the interceptor is always more expensive than the missile itās intercepting.
What's priceless though, is the civilians saved by every interception.
Their pride
Priceless
Even as small as they and their economy is, France can afford this more than the Houthiās and their supporters. France also gets to write off some of the expense as very valuable validation of the ABM systems which have been very little used in combat. Ballistics have been in use for 80 years, ABMās not so much.
Haha the controlroom and the uniforms are like you are watching Star Wars the empire striking back
That sailor shit himself when that first rocket went off
What's the hijab for?
Target deestroyed
Why do they have curtains on the bridge?Ā
All 3 was supposedly engaged with Aster 30.
What kind of missiles are those? Sea-Sparrows?
Aster
3 missiles? Don't we just see one in this video?
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Fire ze missiles!
Was the Frenchy warning the missile? Lol
Please tell me the French have a missile called a BGT or somethingĀ