U.S. Navy destroyers and cruisers needing to leave the ongoing battle against Iran-backed Houthi rebel missile and drone barrages in the Red Sea to reload their Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) missile cells are causing a presence gap and “a real challenge,

The total cost of the anti-aircraft missiles fired by the US Navy during Operation Prosperity Guardian certainly exceeded a billion dollars. Meanwhile, the achieved effect is not particularly impressive,

The U.S. Navy’s surface fleet has fired nearly 400 individual munitions while battling Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea over the past 15 months. The remarks by McLane and other Navy brass offered fresh insight into what sailors are facing in the Red Sea,