Commander describes the moment a US Navy destroyer blasted an enemy drone out of the sky with a 5-inch deck gun
A US Navy destroyer operating in the Red Sea last year used its five-inch deck gun to shoot a Houthi drone out of the sky, a ...
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The Arleigh Burke Destroyer’s Mk 45 Cannon Has a New Role: Drone Defense
American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...
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Crew of USS Stockdale Shot Down Houthi Drones with 5-Inch Gun, Says Admiral
Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...
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Shore-based analysts help US warships fine-tune for imminent Red Sea combat
SAN DIEGO— Sailors aboard the USS Stockdale were tapping threat data analysis from a local naval base hours before their ...
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U.S. Central Command Launches First 2025 Strikes Against Houthis
The Houthis still do go after ships, including on Dec. 9 and 10, when USS Stockdale (DDG-106) and USS O’Kane (DDG-77) shot down Houthi weapons while escorting merchant vessels. So far ...
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China warned the US to steer clear of Taiwan, but the US Navy says its ready to send an aircraft carrier through the strait anyway
the destroyer USS Stockdale, accompanied by the underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos, followed suit. There were reports last June that the US was considering sending an aircraft carrier through ...
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Houthis attack two US destroyers — Pentagon
During the transit, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale and USS Spruance were attacked by at least eight one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems, five anti-ship ballistic ...