In the most recent incident in the Red Sea, the Yemeni Houthis fired a close-range ballistic missile from the Houthi Controlled region towards the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Laboon, on March 12 2024. The missile has not affected the destroyer, nor have any casualties ...
Navy operations in the Middle East, said it was the first time the Houthis had used an unmanned surface vessel, or USV, since their harassment of commercial ships in the Red Sea began after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. They have, however, used them in years past. Fabian Hinz...
The USVs are the first in Philippine Navy history, coming amid the use of these cheap asymmetric systems by theUkrainian Navy in the Black Seaas well as theHouthis against global shipping and an international coalition in the Red Sea.With the disparity in capabilities between the Philippi...
“It came within a couple of miles of ships operating in the area — merchant ships and US Navy ships — and we all watched as it exploded,” Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Navy forces in the Middle East, told media, as quoted by Arab News. Maersk was among shippi...