The strikes on the Houthi missile launch sites in Yemen followed a joint operation on Monday night where the U.S. and Britain used warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to take out Houthi missile storage sites, drones and launchers. On both f...
Also, Iran saw its largest warship recently sink under mysterious circumstances in the nearby Gulf of Oman. The Mercer Street, owned by Japan’s Taihei Kaiun Co., is managed by London-based Zodiac Maritime, part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group. In early July, the Liberian-f...
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The Iranian-backed group had defied a warning to stop targeting ships in the Red Sea - and tensions escalated earlier this month after a British warship, in an operation with US forces, shot down seven drones launched by Houthis torepel the largest drone and missile attack to...
A U.S. warship and the Indian navy were on the scene, trying to assist in rescue efforts. The ship’s managers and owners said the ship’s crew of 20 included one Indian, 15 Filipino and four Vietnamese. Three armed guards, two from Sri Lanka and one from Nepal, also were...
A U.S. Navy warship will make a port call next week in Cambodia, China’s close ally in Southeast Asia, the first such visit in eight years December 2, 2024 at 6:49 AM US Navy shoots down Houthi missiles targeting US-flagged ships in Gulf of Aden ...
“If I’m not mistaken, this is the first time that a [U.S. Navy] warship has ever had to use its last-ditch Phalanx close-in weapon systemto defend itself from an inbound anti-ship cruise missile,” said former U.S. Navy submarinerTom Shugartof the Center for a New American Secur...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized an American sea drone Tuesday in the Persian Gulf and tried to tow it away, only releasing the unmanned vessel when a U.S. Navy warship and helicopter approached, officials said. ...
TEHRAN, Iran --Iran’s naval forces will warn or confront any foreign ship entering the country’s territorial waters, the Iranian defense minister said Thursday, remarks that came after an incident this week involving a U.S. warship.
How one warship thwarting a Houthi attack a year ago changed the Navy It wasn't immediately clear what kind of aircraft was shot down in the low-quality night video. The Houthis, in a later statement, claimed to have downed an American MQ-9 Reaper drone. ...