A U.S. Navy submarine has sunk an Iranian warship, the Dena, operating in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka. The ship had a complement of approximately 180 sailors.

War is hell, especially for sailors stuck on sinking ships. Young conscripts with no great love for their regime likely drowned alongside regime fanatics in this attack. War Secretary Pete Hegseth did not need to add his “quiet death” gloat in announcing the strike on Wednesday. For some of those conscripts, their death was both agonizingly loud and perhaps also slow.

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Still, this military action serves a dual U.S. strategic interest. It helps to destroy the Islamic Republic of Iran’s military power, and it provides a much-needed bolstering of deterrence........

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