The move came without objection in a voice vote late Wednesday night.
U.S. Pacific Fleet head Adm. Samuel Paparo announced the new unit at the West 2024 conference in San Diego.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are believed to be the first entity to ever fire an anti-ship ballistic missile in conflict.
The Navy is mulling how it could push more ships into a fight and sustain them once there, as it considers what a modern wartime footing looks like.
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