A US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday.

"Yesterday, 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," Hegseth said at a Pentagon briefing. 

It is "the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II," he added. 

"Like in that war, back when we were still the War Department, we are fighting to win."

Sri Lanka's navy was informed that the Iranian warship IRIS Dena, with 180 people on board, was in distress and sinking, Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told lawmakers. A rescue mission was launched, mobilising ships and planes.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/04/us-submarine-sinks-iranian-warship-in-the-indian-ocean-killing-87-people

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The strike, which occured off the southern coast of Sri Lanka this week, marked the ‌first time since ⁠World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel with a ⁠torpedo. Sri Lankan authorities recovered the bodies of 87 sailors.

* Albanese told Sky News the Australians were on board ​aspart of ​training linked to the ​AUKUS defence pact between Australia, ‌the U.S. and Britain, designed to help Australia acquire and build nuclear-powered submarines.

* No Australian personnel have participated in any offensive action against Iran, Albanese said.

* "These are long-standing third country arrangements that have been in place for a long ‌period of time," Albanese said.

* ​Australia, a close U.S. ally, ​has ruled out ​any military role in the conflict, but has ‌said it would support efforts aimed ​at preventing Iran ​from developing a nuclear weapon.

* The conflict in the Middle East escalated on Thursday, with with U.S. ​and Israeli jets ‌hitting multiple areas across Iran, while Gulf cities came ​under renewed bombardment.

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IS AUSTRALIA AT WAR WITH IRAN???? DID WE VOTE TO HAVE WAR ON IRAN??? WAS THERE A VOTE IN PARLIAMENT ABOUT WAGING WAR ON IRAN???? HAVE WE DECLARED UNDECLARED WAR ON IRAN????? ARE  WE SIDE-KICK CLOWNS TO THE BUNCH OF AMERICAN MURDERERS???.... IRAN IS NOT DEVELOPING A NUKE BOMB, ALBO AND YOU KNOW THAT... AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE AN IGNORANT DORK [I MEANT TO SAY PRICK].

I HOPE THAT THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS GREAT COUNSELLING PSYCHIATRISTS TO PREVENT OUR SAILORS — AND OUR MINISTERS FOR WAR — AND OUR PRIMATE MINISTER — TO FEEL GUILT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE — AS THEY SHOULD...

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