New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- The US Department of War has carried out another lethal kinetic strike targeting a narco-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on X.

"Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on another narco-trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Caribbean," Hegseth wrote.

According to his statement, the vessel was known by US intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling and was moving along a known trafficking route when it was targeted.

Hegseth said the strike occurred in international waters, killing three male "narco-terrorists" aboard the vessel.

"All three terrorists were...