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.

A Houthi missile got so close to a US destroyer the warship turned to a last resort gun system to shoot it down: report

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A Phalanx Close-In Weapons system on the US destroyer Gravely downed an incoming Houthi cruise missile on Tuesday. This image shows the CIWS during a live-fire practice by a guided-missile cruiser in November 2023.
A Phalanx Close-In Weapons system on the US destroyer Gravely downed an incoming Houthi cruise missile on Tuesday.

Russia made a flashy upgrade to its cruise missiles since Ukraine shot down so many — but it likely won't help

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A plane in the sky dropping a Kh-101 cruise missile
A Kh-101 cruise missile fired in Syria in a video shared by Russia's defense ministry in 2017.

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Iranian navy receives new cruise missiles, drones, and recon helicopters as US accuses the country of striking a chemical tanker

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IRNA

Russia's bomber fleet hasn't fired cruise missiles at Ukraine for a month, a sign its stocks are dwindling, UK intel says

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A Russian plane drops AS-23A Kodiak missiles against a blue sky
Russia dropping AS-23A Kodiak missiles in Syria in a video uploaded in July 2017.

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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

The US Air Force's plan to give its biggest planes new missions has gotten China's attention

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Air Force C-17 palletized munition
A C-17 drops a pallet of simulated cruise missiles during a test.

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Russia is likely growing its cruise missile stockpile to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure this winter, says UK intel

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Residents walk through an unlit street following missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Residents walk through an unlit street following missile strikes on November 24, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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