The sinking of an Iranian naval ship off the coast of Sri Lanka was caused by a torpedo fired by an American submarine, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed, as he showed heart-stopping video of the strike.
According to Hegseth, this is the first time an enemy ship has been sunk by a torpedo since World War Two.
Officials in Sri Lanka revealed that their navy received information that Iran’s IRIS Dena ship with 180 onboard was under distress off its southern coast, and that the island nation sent ships and air force planes on a rescue mission.
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