Shore-based analysts help US warships fine-tune for imminent Red Sea combat

SAN DIEGO—Sailors aboard the USS Stockdale were tapping threat data analysis from a local naval base hours before their destroyer came under attack by Houthis in the Red Sea—and it was a “game changer,” the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command said Thursday. “I can think of no less than three times in the six to nine hours before the ship went in harm's way where they were able to leverage tactical feeds back to headquarters there locally to make adjustment