The sinking of an Iranian naval ship off the coast of Sri Lanka can be seen in heart-stopping video – in which a torpedo ...
At least 80 people are dead after a United States submarine torpedo sank an Iranian warship amid the ongoing Iran war.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that a U.S. Navy submarine sunk an Iranian warship in international waters, ...
After a U.S. submarine sank Iran’s IRIS Dena with a Mk 48 torpedo, attention turned to the Navy’s primary undersea weapon that first entered operational service in 1972.
Footage showing the moment a US submarine torpedo struck an Iranian warship triggering a huge explosion has been released by ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls Iranian warship sinking a message that 'gloves are off' as U.S. nuclear submarine ...
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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.
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 ...
US said that the torpedo struck the ship’s stern, and the explosion literally lifted the frigate into the air.
The U.S. attack on an ⁠Iranian ⁠warship in the Indian Ocean this ⁠week was the first time since World War Two that the United States ​has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo. The following details are ...
Sri Lankan authorities said bodies of 87 sailors had been recovered from the warship, while 32 people had been rescued. | ...
At least 80 people were killed and nearly 150 were reported missing after the torpedo hit the Iranian naval ship ...