American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...

USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.

Tom Cruise doesn't have anything to do with it, but the Navy flight school featured in the "Top Gun" movies really exists.

The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

The U.S. Navy has developed a directed-energy weapon that can intercept unmanned drones and possibly cruise missiles while ...

Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...

but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones. Anyone who might have questioned why the U.S. Navy continues to arm the warships with such weapon systems might ...

A US Navy destroyer used its deck gun to shoot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea last year. A top commander revealed details of the battle for the first time this week. USS Stockdale and other ...