By Aldgra Fredly A U.S. destroyer shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile and three unmanned aerial vehicles fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group toward the vessel in the Red Sea, the U.S. military said on March 6. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that the missile and drones were launched from Houthi-controlled areas in […]
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The U.S. military operates a large number of unmanned aerial systems (UAVs or Unmanned Air Vehicles): 7,362 RQ-11 Ravens; 990 AeroVironment Wasp IIIs; 1,137 AeroVironment RQ-20 Pumas; and 306 RQ-16 T-Hawk small UAS systems and 246 MQ-1 Predators and MQ-1C Gray Eagles; 126 MQ-9 Reapers; 491 RQ-7 Shadows; and 33 RQ-4 Global Hawk large systems.