Iranian warship sunk by U.S. submarine torpedo, Hegseth says
A U.S. submarine fired a torpedo that sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
“Quiet death,” Hegseth boasted of the attack, which he said was the “first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War Two.”
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the sub used a “single Mark 48 torpedo to achieve immediate effect, sending the warship to the bottom of the sea.”
The U.S. has “effectively neutralized, at this point in time, Iran’s major naval presence in theater out there.”
— Kevin Breuninger
