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.

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.

European Union Operation Aspides photo

The US Coast Guard seized a big cache of weapons bound for Houthi rebels, including ballistic missile components and explosives

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The US Coast Guard said it seized over 200 packages of illegal weapons and military components from a vessel in the Arabian Sea on January 28.
The US Coast Guard said it seized over 200 packages of illegal weapons and military components from a vessel in the Arabian Sea on January 28.

US Central Command

North and South Korea are taking their missile race underwater. Here's how their new missile-launching submarines stack up

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the launch of a new "tactical nuclear attack submarine" in September.

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ATACMS missiles could push back Russia's lethal helicopter force, but Ukraine will need perfect timing to pull it off

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Army Tactical Missile System.
An Army Tactical Missile System.

US military photo by John Hamilton

Cheap drones and expensive missiles mean there's no more 'safe rear areas' in wartime, top NATO general says

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Ukrainian personnel near a projectile in a road after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk on September 2.

Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Moscow has been surrounded by air defenses for a century, but they were never designed to stop the drones Ukraine is using now

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Russia Moscow Defense Ministry Pantsir Pantsyr air defense
A Pantsyr S-1 air-defense system atop the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow on August 3.

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A massive Iranian missile attack on a US base offered a glimpse of the long-lasting injuries US troops will face in a war with Russia or China

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Aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq
Al Asad Airbase in Iraq's western Anbar desert.

AP Photo/Nasser Nasser

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