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US Submarine Torpedoes Iranian Frigate IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka—First Confirmed American Sub Kill Since 1945
On 5 March 2026, the U.S. Navy acknowledged that one of its submarines sank Iran’s frigate IRIS Dena 40 km south of Galle, Sri Lanka, killing 87 sailors and marking Washington’s first wartime torpedo sinking of an enemy ship since World War II.