Iran-backed Houthis attacked a Chinese ship with missiles after promising to leave them alone

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A commercial ship in the Red Sea last week.
A commercial ship in the Red Sea last week.

French military photo via X

US Navy warships have the tools to fend off exploding drones like those wrecking a Russian fleet, but it's a dangerous and evolving threat

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In this photo released by the US Navy, two US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman on Aug. 17, 2023.
In this photo released by the US Navy, two US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman on Aug.

Intense video from aboard a French frigate shows the combat kill of a ballistic missile in the Red Sea

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A missile is launched from a French warship in the Red Sea.
A missile is launched from a French warship in the Red Sea.

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Super Hornet fighter jets on the deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Red Sea are sporting Houthi drone kill marks

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron 131, prepares for flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, March 12.

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US naval drones have spent 60,000 hours at sea helping the Navy spy on and defeat malicious threats in Middle Eastern waters

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An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz.
An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz.

US Navy photo

Houthi rebels launched the first fatal anti-ship ballistic missile attack just days after sinking another vessel

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The M/V True Confidence.
The M/V True Confidence after it was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile.

US Central Command

German warship accidentally opened fire on an American drone, nearly costing the US another Reaper in its Red Sea fight

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The frigate F 221 Hessen of the German Bundesmarine navy leaves its home port Wilhelmshaven for the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 8, 2024.
The frigate F 221 Hessen of the German Bundesmarine navy leaves its home port Wilhelmshaven for the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 8, 2024.

Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN/AFP via Getty Images

I catapulted off the deck of a US aircraft carrier in a largely windowless prop plane the Navy's been flying since the 1960s. It was jarring and intense.

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US Navy personnel perform inspections on our COD flight in Bahrain.
US Navy personnel perform inspections on our COD flight in Bahrain.

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Houthi attacks on ships are giving the rebels and Iran intel on how to hunt down and strike naval targets, war experts say

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A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.
A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels just shot down an MQ-9 Reaper, costing the US another $30 million combat drone

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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft piloted by Airmen from the 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range and performs live-fire exercises with Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire missiles and Guided Bomb Unit-12 Paveway IIs, Aug. 30, 2023.
An MQ-9 Reaper flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range on Aug. 30, 2023.

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi

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