In early April 2025, Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalated tensions in the Red Sea by targeting the USS Laboon (DDG-58), a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer patrolling under Operation Prosperity ...
If a missile gets within a mile of a U.S. warship, there’s no time to think—only to shoot. Enter the Phalanx CIWS, a fully autonomous close-in weapon system that fires 75 tungsten rounds per second to ...