US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters after Sri Lanka’s Navy said it rescued more than two dozen people from an Iranian vessel that was sunk off its shoreline.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the torpedo attack, the first against an enemy vessel since World War II.

A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as the effects of the war in the Middle East spread to yet another country.The

A U.S. Navy submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, the first such sinking of an enemy ship since World War II.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it was the first such strike since World War II. The Sri Lankan authorities said they had rescued 32 sailors from the crew of 180.

Sri Lanka’s navy has recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people after an Iranian warship was sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters near the island

White House officials and U.S. military leaders show no sign of slowing attacks on Iran. The war has quickly transformed the region.

The U.S. published footage of an Iranian warship being blown up by an American submarine. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the Iranian ship was sailing in the Indian Ocean when it was struck by a U.

A U.S. submarine sunk an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast in the Indian Ocean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed during a Wednesday morning press conference. Hegseth said the enemy ship “thought it was safe in international waters,

As the Iran war persists, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a U.S. submarine had sunk an Iranian warship, the first such attack on an enemy since World War II.

EADaily, March 4th, 2026. Released in Russia's Varshavyanka submarine (NATO's Kilo) was able to survive the US strike on Iran. Details are provided by the American edition of TWZ.