The US has counter-mine ships homeported in the Middle East. Are they effective?
Some military and defense experts argue the Independence-class littoral combat ship equipped with the MCM mission package falls short of its predecessor.
By Riley Ceder
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Apache helicopter shoots down drones in Europe for first time in combat exercise
U.S. soldiers used Apache helicopters to pursue and attack drones in an air-to-air combat training exercise this week.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Two US counter-mine ships based in the Middle East are now in Singapore, Navy says
The USS Santa Barbara and USS Tulsa, which are homeported in Bahrain, arrived in Singapore this week.
By Riley Ceder
European allies tell Trump ‘nein,’ ‘non’ and ‘no’ on help to force open Hormuz Strait
Trump in recent days explicitly linked U.S. involvement in NATO and support to Ukraine to efforts by allies to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz.
As allies resist US call to help in Strait of Hormuz, Trump says it was a loyalty test
Trump's calls for help to other countries was a loyalty test, rather than a strategic necessity, he said. "We don't need anybody."
By Tanya Noury