Reports on March 4, 2026, revealed that a U.S. Navy submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena using a torpedo in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka. A torpedo is a powerful underwater missile used in ...
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A Short History of Naval Torpedoes
The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results.
Naval combat seems complicated enough, but if torpedoes have to directly impact their target to do damage, it'd be even ...
A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Pentagon said.
The sinking of the IRIS Dena by an American submarine in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Sri Lanka marks the first time the US sunk a ship with a torpedo after World War Two. What are torpedoes, ...
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US Navy conducts rare submarine torpedo strike against Iranian warship in international waters
In a dramatic and rare naval operation, a U.S. Navy submarine fired a $4.2 million torpedo that detonated beneath an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The attack marked a historic ...
A US submarine strike that sank an Iranian vessel near Sri Lanka has drawn attention to one of the deadliest underwater weapons. Here is how torpedoes work, their origins from early explosives to ...
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