Washington, March 4 -- A United States submarine has sunk an Iranian naval warship with a torpedo strike, marking the first time since World War II that an enemy vessel has been destroyed in this manner, Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday.
Speaking at the Pentagon during a briefing on "Operation Epic Fury," US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the strike was carried out in international waters by an American submarine.
"An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters," Hegseth said. "Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War Two. We are fighting to win."However, during the Falklands War in 1982, a British nuclear submarine san...