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A variety of US and other foreign military assets, including US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyers helped shoot down Iranian missiles and drones heading for targets in Israel.

Signs Point To Combat Debut Of Navy’s SM-3 Interceptor Against Iranian Ballistic Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 14, 2024

The US Navy is looking to add RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles to the arsenals of most of its Arleigh Burke class destroyers, and is pushing ahead with other more substantial upgrades for those ships, too.

Rolling Airframe Missiles To Arm Arleigh Burke Destroyer Fleet

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 9, 2024

ITALIAN NAVY CAIO DUILIO

Italian Destroyer Guns Down Houthi Drone With 76mm ‘Super Rapid’ Cannon

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 4, 2024

Sea Viper missiles being loaded onto HMS Diamond

British Destroyer Rearming In Gibraltar, Heading Back To Red Sea

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 26, 2024

HMS Diamond's kill markings against drone

HMS Diamond Sports Kill Markings As It Pulls Into Gibraltar

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 11, 2024

Coyote Drone intercepting another drone

Navy Looking For Counter-Drone Systems That Can Be Rapidly Added To Its Ships

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 2, 2024

STANDARD MISSILE-6, SM-6 LAUNCH

Navy’s SM-6 Missile Used In Combat: Report

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 1, 2024

Phalanx CIWS

Phalanx CIWS Downs Houthi Missile Dangerously Close To Destroyer: Report

By Howard Altman / Updated Jan 31, 2024

USS Carney Defends Itself From Missile Attack, Tanker Reportedly Hit

USS Carney Defends Itself From Missile Attack, Tanker Reportedly Hit

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 26, 2024

A U.S. fighter shot down a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile heading to the USS Laboon.

American Fighter Downs Houthi Missile Heading Toward USS Laboon

By Howard Altman / Updated Jan 14, 2024

The U.S. struck a Houthi radar in Yemen early Saturday morning local time.

Navy Strikes Houthi Radar Site With Tomahawk Cruise Missile

By Howard Altman / Updated Jan 12, 2024

Super Hornets from the aircraft carrier Dwight David Eisenhower struck Houthi missile installations today.

Super Hornets Score Aerial Kills Over Red Sea

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 26, 2023

The USS Carney attacked a Houthi radar site in Yemen.

Three Cargo Ships Hit By Houthi Missiles, U.S. Destroyer Downs Drones

By Howard Altman / Updated Dec 3, 2023

The USS Mason responded to an emergency call from an oil tanker that was fired upon by Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles that missed.

Claims Swirl Around Apparent Missile Attack On U.S. Destroyer (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 27, 2023

The USS Hudner came under attack by a Houthi drone and shot it down, a U.S. official told The War Zone.

U.S. Warship Shoot Down Of Drone Over Red Sea Leads To Conflicting Assessments

By Howard Altman / Updated Nov 15, 2023

Thanks to a new set of photos, we’ve got what’s probably our best look so far at the U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block III, a radical overhaul of the Arleigh Burke class destroyers that leaves the warships looking very different indeed.

Destroyer Looks Radically Different After Electronic Warfare Upgrade

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 8, 2023