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🚨 U.S. Submarine Torpedo Sinks Iranian Warship off Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 — 1st Such Strike Since WWII, Says Hegseth

⭕️ U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a U.S. submarine fired a torpedo and sank an Iran 🇮🇷 warship in international waters during a Tuesday night strike.

⭕️ Hegseth said this is first sich strike since the world war II.

⭕️ The incident aligns with reports of an Iran 🇮🇷 warship sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.

⭕️ The Pentagon did not name the Iranian vessel, and Hegseth did not confirm it was IRIS Dena.

⭕️ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 authorities rescued 32 crew members from the Iranian vessel after the sinking.

⭕️ Sri Lankan Officials said additional crew members (100+) are missing, but an exact confirmed death toll has not yet been publicly released.

#IranWar

04 Mar 2026, 19:33

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  1. Murdered them

    7 months ago
  2. Not first since ww2, it's third. First such by the US since WW2 though

    7 months ago
  3. This isn’t the first sinking of an enemy warship by a submarine-fired torpedo since World War II. It might be the first by a US submarine, but the Pakistani sub Hangor sank the Indian frigate Khukri on December 9, 1971. And HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano with a torpedo on May 2, 1982. A North Korean submarine torpedoed and sank the South Korea corvette Cheonan on March 26, 2010. This also isn’t the first time the US has sunk an enemy warship since World War II. During Operation Praying Mantis on April 18, 1988, U.S. forces sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Sahand with Harpoon missiles and laser-guided bombs dropped by A-6 Intruders, and sank the missile boat IRIS Joshan with Standard missiles and naval gunfire, while the frigate IRIS Sabalan was heavily damaged by a laser-guided bomb.

    7 months ago
  4. Warmongers killed 180 childrens in elementry school and now others in the middle of the sea. Was Killed 100 thousands of people in Japan. Blood thirsty barbaric country USA

    7 months ago
  5. Iranians please dont come here Hutto. Apita trump gen kanna ba

    7 months ago
  6. නාවික හමුදාවේ ප්‍රකාශක පස් කෑවා අපි නං සබ්මැරීන් ඇටෑක් එකක් කියලා කිව්වෙ නෑ කියලා 🫠

    7 months ago
  7. Are we gonna extinct from the world map? 🫠

    7 months ago
  8. This is a clear message to China!

    7 months ago
  9. Guess we joined ww3 unknowingly

    7 months ago
    1. Thilina Muttettuwatta we will be involved in the war whether we like it or not - in a true ww3 scenario (without nukes) - India might use us as a base

      7 months agoLikes:2
    2. Rakitha Peiriz even if we dont join directly the effects of war will affect us all

      7 months ago
  10. National security 🙂😅

    7 months ago

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