The U.S. Navy has a process known as SINKEX or “sink at-sea live-fire training exercises” when a retired hull is used as a full-sized instrumented target. It is among the few instances during peace ...

The sinking of an Iranian warship by a US Navy submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka this week is something a US sub hasn’t ...

The United States is perfecting a new way to sink ships at sea, and it starts by blowing up its own. In a series of live‑fire trials, aging Navy hulls are being turned into test dummies for superfast, ...

A U.S. submarine recently sank an Iranian warship in one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors. Many overlooked the ...

The Sri Lankan president said the country was guided by neutrality, while seeking to uphold humanitarian principles.

On March 4, 2026, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that a U.S. submarine had torpedoed an Iranian warship, the IRIS Dena, off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan navy rescued ...

A US submarine strike sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena about  40 nautical miles off Lanka’s southern city of Galle, killing ...

The Iran war keeps expanding. American forces torpedoed the Iranian warship Iris Dena in the Indian Ocean, near Sri Lanka, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sinking of an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka this week is something a US Navy submarine hasn’t done in more than ...