Weapons technology

How chaos in the Red Sea is putting the U.S. Navy to the test

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The U.S. Navy is encountering a tenacious threat in the Red Sea. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched wave after wave of low-cost precision weapons at vessels transiting the area, including attacks on U.S. warships themselves. “That’s one of the things [that] the Red Sea sort of demonstrates … we never know where the maritime … Read more

North Korea conducts test of underwater nuclear weapons system, state media reports

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North Korean soldiers attending a mass rally to celebrate achievement of full nuclear statehood on December 1, 2017. Kim Won-Jin | AFP | Getty Images North Korea has conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapons system in a protest against this week’s joint military drills by South Korea, the United States and Japan, state media KCNA said … Read more