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US submarine sank Iranian warship in Indian Ocean with torpedo, Hegseth says
The US Navy used a Mark 48 torpedo to sink the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, killing at least 87 crew members and rescuing 32, marking the first such attack since World War II.
- A U.S. submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena with a torpedo off Sri Lanka's coast or in international waters near Galle, marking the first such attack on an enemy since World War II, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- The IRIS Dena carried about 180 crew members; rescue efforts recovered 79 people, with at least one dead and around 101 missing after the ship sank.
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US Submarine Sinks Iranian Warship In Indian Ocean, Hegseth Says
Did a single torpedo just redraw the rules of modern naval warfare?That’s the claim from Pete Hegseth, who revealed that a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean this week. The strike, he said, came Tuesday—and the vessel met what he described as a “quiet death.”While he didn’t name the ship, clues quickly pointed to the IRIS Dena. Sri Lankan officials reported responding to a distress call from the Iranian destroyer. It went…
An Iranian warship was destroyed by a US attack submarine.
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