US admiral says the fight against the Houthis in the Red Sea is the largest battle the Navy’s fought since World War II

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 … Read more

Iran is ‘directly involved’ in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks, US Navy’s Mideast chief tells AP

JERUSALEM — 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 the … Read more

Australia says its navy divers were likely injured by the Chinese navy’s ‘unsafe’ use of sonar

Australia has accused the Chinese navy of likely causing minor injuries to Australian naval divers by operating its sonar while they were trying to clear fishing nets from their ship’s propellers ByThe Associated Press November 18, 2023, 5:03 AM FILE – Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, speaks during a news … Read more