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ZDU

(1,263 posts) Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:58 PM Mar 4

US submarine sinks Iranian warship as Pentagon says it will strike 'deeper into Iran'

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Source: BBC News

Summary
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean with a torpedo - the Pentagon has released footage of the strike
About 180 people are thought to have been on board the Iris Dena - 32 were rescued and Sri Lankan authorities tell the BBC 80 bodies have so far been found
At the same briefing, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Dan Caine says the US will strike "progressively deeper into Iranian territory"

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c62gg44d53xt

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US submarine sinks Iranian warship as Pentagon says it will strike 'deeper into Iran' (Original Post) ZDU Mar 4 OP

Not the actions of an intelligent nation. Kid Berwyn Mar 4 #1

"USN could sink it any time it wanted." No sense letting it get close enough to fire missiles at the USN EX500rider Mar 4 #3

Any of those have a 1,000 nautical mile range? Kid Berwyn Mar 4 #4

This action marks the first time a U.S. submarine has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo since Aug. 14, 1945 EX500rider Mar 4 #2

But Mikey Johnson insists that we are "not at war." City Lights Mar 4 #5

Locking LBN dupe. Lasher Mar 4 #6

Kid Berwyn

(24,374 posts)

1. Not the actions of an intelligent nation.

Reply to ZDU (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:17 PM

Mar 4

USN could sink it any time it wanted. Doing so now doesnï¿½t make the world safer. It only serves to further enrage the planet, no matter how they feel about Iran, Israel and the USA.

US officers reportedly told the ranks that MAGA believes Jesus will return soon. Is so, will they ever be surprised.

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EX500rider

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3. "USN could sink it any time it wanted." No sense letting it get close enough to fire missiles at the USN

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:19 PM

Mar 4

Dena was equipped with surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles, consisting of four Qader anti-ship missiles, a 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun, and a 40 mm Fath-40 AA cannon, two 20 mm Oerlikon, two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and two triple torpedo launcher, 533 mm

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Kid Berwyn

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4. Any of those have a 1,000 nautical mile range?

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:26 PM

Mar 4

The ship was sunk off the southern coast of Sri Lanka.

Claims it was a threat to the USN remind me of Little Marco stating Iranian ICBMs stand ready to nuke the Homeland.