The U.S. Coast Guard is standing up a new Special Missions Command to consolidate its elite maritime response forces.
The guarantee follows a security warning from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command to vessels on Monday about the presence of mines in the strait.
The service completed a study of Wasp-class amphibious assault ships and is currently conducting another on amphibious dock landing ships.
The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.
By Jared Keller
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