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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gets powerful ships to confront adversaries well beyond the Persian Gulf
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) added missile corvettes and a mothership for specia…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system almost didn't get built
Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system almost didn't get built because some IDF brass feared it …
Michael Peck
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The US Navy is on its fourth aircraft carrier as its warships react to fighting in the Middle East
USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way as the US Navy continues to react to a range of crises in the Mid…
Jake Epstein
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Destroyer captain says the US Navy's Red Sea fight is more intense than even the Tanker War in the 1980s
The commanding officer of the warship USS Mason said the counter-Houthi mission saw sustained comba…
Jake Epstein
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Why the Iranian Navy keeps losing warships in accidents, after its Sahand frigate capsized and sank
The frigate Sahand's sinking marks the third warship the Iranian Navy's lost since 2018 in incident…
Paul Iddon
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Houthi rebels say they've fired a new 'homemade hypersonic missile,' posting footage of its launch at a civilian ship
Yemen's Houthis aren't known to have advanced arms manufacturing capabilities, and are often armed …
Matthew Loh
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The US Navy's turning to its third carrier strike group as its warships react to Middle East conflicts with no end in sight
The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is soon headed to the Red Sea, where it will take o…
Jake Epstein
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A 1980s showdown with Iran was US Special Operations Command's first test in combat
From 1987 to 1989, US special-operation units deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Prime Chan…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Russian oil products are heading to the crude-rich Persian Gulf as the UAE and Saudi Arabia take advantage of cheap barrels
Gulf nations are using discounted Russian barrels in their own countries while they continue to exp…
Phil Rosen
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US Navy warships are stuck in a Red Sea battle they can't fight forever
American forces have expended a large amount of munitions battling the Houthis, and the conflict do…
Jake Epstein
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A shadowy fight between Israel and Iran is at risk of becoming a bigger war. Here's how their militaries stack up.
A drone attack on a tanker last week has raised the risk of an overt war between Israel and Iran, t…
Benjamin Brimelow
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33 years after getting demolished by the US, Iran's navy is flexing its new muscles
Iran has spent the 33 years since Operation Praying Mantis modernizing its navy with the goal of co…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A US Coast Guard ship fired 30 warning shots from a machine gun during an 'unsafe' encounter with Iranian fast-attack boats
The US Coast Guard cutter Maui fired two rounds of warning shots with a .50 caliber machine gun to …
Ryan Pickrell
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The Coast Guard is taking a frontline role against US foes on the other side of the world
Encounters far from home in April underscored the Coast Guard's growing overseas role, which is set…
Christopher Woody
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A US Navy ship fired warning shots after Iranian fast-attack boats got too close in the Persian Gulf
A US ship fired warning shots after the fast-attack boats ignored radioed warnings and continued ma…
Ryan Pickrell
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US Navy video shows Iranian vessels harassing US ships in the Persian Gulf for the first time in almost a year
At one point, a large Iranian vessel crossed the bow of a US Coast Guard ship at an "unnecessarily …
Ryan Pickrell
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Iranian vessels swarmed and harassed US Coast Guard ships for hours in the Persian Gulf
The US Navy says that four Iranian Iranian vessels harassed two US Coast Guard cutters in internati…
Ryan Pickrell
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A deadly fight 33 years ago shows just how destructive a war between the US and Iran could get
Operation Praying Mantis, the largest US naval action since World War II, offers a glimpse of what …
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US Navy appears to be sending Iran a message with a submarine packed with missiles
Monday's statement marks the first time since 2012 the Navy has announced the presence of a guided-…