A U.S. submarine used a torpedo to sink and Iranian ship in the Indian Ocean Tuesday, the first such attack since WWII , the Pentagon said.

A U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine on Tuesday sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean using a single torpedo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Wednesday, saying this was the first time since World War II that an American submarine has sunk an enemy vessel.

  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    9·
    8 hours ago

    a single Mark 48 torpedo, a sophisticated munition specifically designed to sink ships

    As opposed to the torpedos not designed to sink ships?

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldOP
    181·
    9 hours ago

    Why. Ship‘s doing ship things, non-aggressive, and trump shoots it like target practice. Kills a bunch of people for nothing. He‘s got to be trying to start a wider conflict to avoid being removed from office.