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Indian strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney wrote on X that the US torpedoing of the Iranian warship in India's "maritime neighbourhood" was "more than a battlefield episode" - calling it a "strategic embarrassment" for Delhi.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

The conflict even reached the coast of Sri Lanka, where a US submarine sank an Iranian warship, Washington's first torpedoing of a vessel since World War II.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

“Although we sisters are supposed to be invisible, God has nevertheless given us eyes and ears,” she announces to a roomful of cardinals during an especially brutal torpedoing session.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

After hearing back from Oda, Scalise and Ramsey’s teams created a computer-generated clip of the fishman torpedoing through the water.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2023

At the commencement of the war, the torpedoing of several battleships and cruisers by German submarines aroused no enmity within the hearts of the British tars.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.