Reference News, March 5 report, according to Reuters, March 4 report, the US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the southern waters of Sri Lanka, causing dozens of sailors' deaths, which greatly expanded the US's strike range against the Iranian navy.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka confirmed that the sunken ship was the Iranian "Dena" frigate, and said it was on its way back to Iran from a port in eastern India.
The attack took place in the Indian Ocean hundreds of nautical miles away from the Gulf region. Currently, the US and Israeli forces are attacking Iran in the Gulf region, and Tehran is retaliating with missiles and drones.
US Defense Secretary Esper said at the Pentagon: "An Iranian warship thought it was safe in international waters, but was sunk by a US submarine torpedo. It died silently."
The hospital in the port city of Galle, Sri Lanka, said that military rescue personnel had transported 86 bodies to the hospital after receiving a distress signal in the early morning. The Sri Lankan government estimated that there were about 180 people on board the ship, with 32 rescued and receiving treatment in the hospital, and about 60 people still missing.
A video released by the Pentagon, supposedly showing the scene of the attack, shows the ship being hit with a huge explosion, the stern blown apart, the hull lifted out of the water, and the ship sinking from the stern.
At present, the date of the video and the specific type of the ship cannot be verified. However, the deck shape and mast of the ship in the video are consistent with the archival images of the Iranian "Dena" frigate. (Translated by Wu Mei)
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