Lawmakers push for more money for missiles amid Red Sea clash

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And the effort to suppress Houthi attacks launched from Yemen against cargo ships in the Red Sea, in which the U.S. is using multimillion-dollar systems to shoot down cheap drones and missiles, is the latest fight that lawmakers worry could divert resources from deterring a potential future conflict with China over Taiwan. The Pentagon has launched a half dozen rounds of strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites in the past week — just one of the global hotspots Washington is trying to juggle as it deals with a strained defense industrial base. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a member of the...