The Red Sea conflict is one of the largest battle the US Navy has ever fought. “I think you’d have to go back to World War II,” Vice Adm. Brad Cooper told 60 Minutes. The Navy has fired about 100 surface-to-air missiles and sent about 7,000 sailors to the Red Sea. A US Navy admiral […]
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A US admiral says he’s confident the US Navy’s strike groups can counter China’s ‘carrier killer’ missiles
A US admiral said his strike group can “execute the mission regardless of what the threat is.” Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello brushed aside concerns about China’s “carrier killer” missiles. China doubled its stockpile of “carrier killer” missiles between 2021 and 2022. A US admiral has brushed aside concerns that China’s “carrier killer” missiles could pose […]
Iran is ‘directly involved’ in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks, US Navy’s Mideast chief tells AP
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the U.S. Navy’s top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy’s 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed individual attacks by […]