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US warships are shooting down weapons no one's ever faced in combat before, and a Navy commander says it's a 'great opportunity'

Sat, 02/17/2024 - 06:30

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.
Screengrab/US Central Command via X

Military & Defense, houthis, anti-ship, China, us-navy-ships, anti-ship-ballistic-missiles, aircraft-carriers

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

Fri, 02/16/2024 - 12:02

The USS Gravely's CIWS. — The USS Gravely's CIWS.
Jake Epstein/Business Insider

Military & Defense, us-navy-ships, houthis, missiles, Drones, Iran, destroyers

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

Thu, 02/15/2024 - 07:11

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.
Jake Epstein/Business Insider

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US Navy aircraft carrier going head-to-head with the Houthis has its planes in the air 'constantly,' strike group commander says

Wed, 02/14/2024 - 06:00

A fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. — A fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Jake Epstein/Business Insider

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The US risks joining a long list of powers that tried and failed to stop the Houthis

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 18:36

U.S. Central Command forces, alongside UK Armed Forces and with the support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen, on February 4, 2024. — U.S.

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US Navy warships are getting their first combat experience against the kind of threats China is banking on in the Pacific

Sat, 02/03/2024 - 07:00

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19. — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea on Oct. 19.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau

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Houthi rebels took aim at a US aircraft, but the military blew their missiles up before they got a shot off

Wed, 01/31/2024 - 16:41

a fighter aircraft takes off on the flight deck of a military carrier — An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet takes off on the flight deck of USS Eisenhower.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaitlin Watt

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Attacks by Iran's militia allies are placing the Biden administration in a bind

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 16:03

A Houthi fighter mans a machine gun mounted on a vehicle during a Jan. 22 rally against the US-led military responses to the rebel groups' repeated attacks on international shipping. — A Houthi fighter mans a machine gun mounted on a vehicle during a Jan. 22 rally against the US-led military responses to the rebel groups' repeated attacks on international shipping.
Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

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The Houthis are still trying to attack ships, but most of the time, they can't get their missiles in the air before the US blows them up

Wed, 01/24/2024 - 15:21

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea, Jan. 22, 2024. — USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea, Jan. 22, 2024.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaitlin Watt

Military & Defense, houthis, Yemen, us-navy-ships

Missiles that a UK warship has used to shoot down Houthi threats are getting the ability to battle new targets

Mon, 01/22/2024 - 13:35

Image of HMS Defender firing it's Sea Viper missile, seen here off Scotland's Outer Hebrides and Norway's Arctic coast. — Image of HMS Defender firing it's Sea Viper missile, seen here off Scotland's Outer Hebrides and Norway's Arctic coast.
UK Ministry of Defense

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