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Anonymous25 days ago

On March 4, 2026, the USS Charlotte torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka — the first submarine torpedo kill since the Falklands War in 1982. The US and Iran are now locked in a bitter dispute over whether the vessel was armed or operating in a noncombat role, a question with profound implications for international law, congressional war powers, and the geopolitical order of the Indian Ocean.