Newly Formed Operation Prosperity Guardian To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Newly Formed Operation Prosperity Guardian To Protect Red Sea Shipping

"...Operation Prosperity Guardian, a soon to be announced multi-national effort to protect Red Sea shipping comes after the U.S. and U.K. downed 15 Houthi drones Saturday. ...The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Carney downed 14 drones today, a U.S. military official told The War Zone. The Type-45 destroyer HMS Diamond downed one drone targeting merchant shipping in the Red Sea with a Sea Viper missile, U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement. It was the first time the Royal Navy shot down an aerial target in anger since the First Gulf War in 1991 when the Type 42 Destroyer HMS Gloucester destroyed an Iraqi Silkworm missile bound for a U.S. warship."

Reference: www.thedrive.com .

Ingalls Launches Guided Missile Destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128)

Ingalls Launches Guided Missile Destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128)

"Ingalls has delivered 35 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the U.S. Navy including the first Flight III, Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), in June of this year. In addition, Ingalls Shipbuilding has four Flight IIIs currently under construction and was awarded an additional six destroyers earlier this month. Ted Stevens will be christened Saturday, Aug. 19, while Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), George M. Neal (DDG 131) and Sam Nunn (DDG 133) are also under construction at Ingalls. Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers built for the U.S. Navy incorporate a number of design modifications that collectively provide significantly enhanced capability. DDG 125 includes the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) and the Aegis Baseline 10 Combat System that is required to keep pace with the threats well into the 21st century. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are highly capable, multi-mission ships and can conduct a variety of operations..."

Reference: www.marinelink.com .

Beijing protests US Navy patrol through South China Sea

Beijing protests US Navy patrol through South China Sea

"...China protested a U.S. Navy patrol that sent a guided missile destroyer near a group of man-made islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, in the first American challenge to Beijing’s claims to the waters since President Donald Trump took office..."

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .

Guided Missile Destroyer USS Nitze Harassed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Vessels

Iranian Speedboats Intercept/Harass American Guided Missile Destroyer

"...Iranian vessels came within 300 yards of the USS Nitze in an incident that was “unsafe and unprofessional..."

Reference: gcaptain.com .