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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How the Iranian-backed Houthi militia compares to the US-led task force in the Red Sea

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A battle is playing out in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi militia attacks commercial shipping vessels headed to the Suez Canal using weapons supplied by Iran. Now a US-led task force is fighting back.

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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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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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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See the hectic flight deck operations aboard a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, where warplane pilots and crews are 'on alerts all the time'

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A fighter jet prepares for takeoff on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A fighter jet prepares for takeoff on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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US sailors on a frontline destroyer in the Red Sea sometimes have just seconds to open fire on enemy missiles

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The USS Gravely's CIWS.
The USS Gravely's CIWS.

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Sea drones are being used to smash Russia's navy, and now they're being used to threaten a US carrier strike group too

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The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) on November 26.
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 26.

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Inside a deployed US Navy carrier strike group's tactical shift to kill Houthi missiles and drones before they ever take flight

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Sailors perform work to a fighter jet on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Sailors perform work to a fighter jet on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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