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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth today confirmed that the US sank "an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters" in the Indian Ocean.

"Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo," he says.

But earlier the Sri Lankan navy reported the IRIS Dena went down in the Indian Ocean, with around 180 people believed to be on board.

Hegseth did not name the Iranian ship that was attacked.

"In the Indian Ocean-an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship, that thought it was safe in international waters.

Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo-Quiet Death.

The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War 2. Like in that war-back when we were sti...