A US warship’s destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy’s “last line of defense.” The ...

A Houthi anti-ship missile got within a nautical mile of the Navy destroyer Gravely on Tuesday, and the warship used its Phalanx Close-In Weapons System to take the missile out, a senior defense ...

The Gravely had previously been deployed in the Caribbean—and before that in the Middle East, where it saw active combat against the Houthis.

The Phalanx Anti-Missile is the only anti-missle defensive weapon. Its purpose is to shoot down incoming missle volleys. However, it will not do much in the face of the MCX's fast missle reloads, and ...

The Navy is now integrating and preparing weapons systems for its advanced Ford aircraft carrier during a 12-month period called Post-Shakedown Availability (PSA)—one of several key final steps ...