USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.

European forces joined the US Navy last year in an effort to defend key shipping lanes from Houthi rebel attacks.

Back in the Red Sea, a Marine Nationale (French Navy) AS565 Panther multirole helicopter had previously shot down a Houthi drone, likely using a pintle mounted machine gun, whilst operating from ...

But the shootdown underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea corridor has become ... said that warships and aircraft earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile ...

An American destroyer, USS Spruance, shot down six missiles and seven drones during a recent Red Sea combat deployment.

There’s a lot of high-fives when you shoot something down with a gun, kind of World War II-style.” Since Hamas waged its October 7, 2023, massacre against Israel, Iran’s regional proxy groups have ...

The Navy said that the "Murder Hornet" configuration on its F/A-18 fighter jet is comprised of nine air-to-air missiles.

The official could not immediately confirm how many of the rockets have been used in this manner, how many Houthi drones have been shot down as a result ... and commercial vessels in and around the ...

But the U.S. military has already struggled to defend against these types of drone threats in the Navy’s yearlong Red Sea fight against the Iranian-backed Houthis. While the U.S. has shot down ...

US experience gained in the Red Sea conflicts, including those against ... Weapon System II rockets by F-16 fighters to shoot down Houthi drones.

BERLIN - Germany’s military may soon be allowed to shoot down ... drones have recently been spotted near the US airbase in Ramstein in western Germany and at an industrial zone near the North Sea.