U.S. Military Shot Down Drones With Lasers in Middle East: Report

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The U.S. military has been using drones to shoot down enemy drones in the Middle East, according to a new report from Forbes, which cites the U.S. Army. And while it’s been public knowledge that lasers have been deployed on U.S.

A US Navy aircraft carrier is rearmed and back in the Red Sea amid a Houthi missile crisis with no end in sight

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the French aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle participate in a photo exercise in the Mediterranean Sea on May 2.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D.

Houthi rebels are going to keep lobbing missiles at ships in the Red Sea 'for some time,' US intel chief says

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This black-and-white image released by the US military's Central Command shows the fire aboard the bulk carrier True Confidence after a missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden on March 6, 2024.
This black-and-white image released by the US military's Central Command shows the fire aboard the bulk carrier True Confidence after a missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden on March 6, 2024.

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See the UK destroyer crew that scored the Royal Navy's first missile kill since the Gulf War

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The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond intercepted a missile fired by Houthi militants at a merchant ship.
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond intercepted a missile fired by Houthi militants at a merchant ship.

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German frigate Hessen sailors were on watch 12 hours a day in the Red Sea with only seconds to react to threats in the 'worst case scenario'

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The Hessen as it departs for deployment in the Red Sea on Feb. 8, 2024 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
The Hessen as it departs for deployment in the Red Sea on Feb. 8, 2024 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

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Suspected Iranian spy ship sails for home, leaving troubled waters as Tehran braces for Israeli retaliation

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Iranian Navy soldiers at an armed speed boat in Persian Gulf near the strait of Hormuz about 1320km (820 miles) south of Tehran, April 30, 2019.
Iranian Navy soldiers at an armed speed boat in Persian Gulf near the strait of Hormuz about 1320km (820 miles) south of Tehran, April 2019.

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The US Navy has fired off nearly $1 billion in weapons fighting threats from Iran and the Houthis

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A missile launches from a US Navy warship in the Red Sea in February.
A missile launches from a US Navy warship in the Red Sea in February.

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US Navy wins against familiar and unprecedented Red Sea threats are being driven by defense decisions it made decades ago

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A missile launches from a US Navy warship in the Red Sea in February.
A missile launches from a US Navy warship in the Red Sea in February.

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NATO helicopters are shooting down and eliminating enemy drones in a rarer kind of Red Sea battle

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A Houthi attack drone (L) and a French NH90 helicopter (R).
A Houthi attack drone (L) and a French NH90 helicopter (R).

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See the French warships defeating Houthi missile attacks

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French marines patrol the area around the French navy ship, the FS Languedoc
French marines patrol the area around the French navy ship, the FS Languedoc, in port in Djibouti.

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