Hegseth wrong to say 'first torpedo sinking since WW2'

[Celerity]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c62gg44d53xt?post=asset%3Aba4c3a07-1ea5-4844-a1ca-4f0dde57543f#post

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean with a torpedo. He claimed it represented “the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War Two”.

This is not correct. During the Falklands War in 1982, Argentina's only cruiser - the General Belgrano - sank in the South Atlantic after being struck by two Tigerfish torpedoes fired by a British nuclear-powered submarine.



Another sinking occurred in 1971, after Indian frigate INS Khukri was torpedoed by a Pakistan submarine, external.

However, if confirmed, the sinking of the Iranian warship would be the first time since 1945 that an American submarine has sunk an enemy ship this way.

[Botany]

1. That was an act of murder. We have not had a declaration of war on Iran which requires Congressional..

…. approval, the ship was 3,000 miles from Iran and Trump and Bibi’s war in the Middle East,
and constituted zero threat to America, our military, and allies.

“Iranian naval ship carrying 180 onboard sinks off Sri Lankan coast, leaving dozens missing, 32 rescued“
N.Y. Post.

[Submariner]

2. The Iranian ship was not designed

and equipped for anti-submarine warfare. They were a sitting duck. Don't brag about this shit. It can invite an dangerous response.

Our submarines cannot be so cavalier about approaching a Chinese or Russian ship, which WILL have far superior anti-submarine asset capability than Iran.