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According to a release from the Turkish Ministry of National Defense (MOND), an Iranian ballistic missile was intercepted by NATO air defense systems after flying over both Syria and Iraq heading toward Turkish Airspace. After the interception, the Turkish MOND said that debris from the interceptor fell in Hatay Povince in Southern Turkey and that no casualties or injuries have been reported.
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The Iranian frigate, IRIS Dena, sank after an unknown vessel attacked it, according to Sri Lankan officials who responded to the Denaโ€™s mayday calls. Early reports indicated that a foreign submarine struck the vessel while it was on the way back from a defense review in India, but Sri Lankan authorities have since denied such claims. Additional reports of over 100 Iranian sailors missing have also come in but have not yet been confirmed.
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U.S. officials have now confirmed that a submarine with the U.S. Navy was responsible for the targeting this morning of the Iranian frigate, IRIS Dena, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka. Over 100 sailors of the Iranian Navy remain missing following the attack, with only 32 being rescued โ by the Sri Lankan Navy.
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The IRIS Shahid Sayyad Shirazi, a Soleimani-class corvette serving with Iranโ€™s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN), has been targeted by U.S. strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province.

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The Israeli Air Force has announced that fighter and strike aircraft targeted Iranian air defense and detection systems at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran early Wednesday.
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Per Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a single Mk. 48 torpedo was used to sink the IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka.
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When asked on Russia and China's statements on the ongoing strikes against Iran and if it factors into the U.S. decision-making process, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said โ€œI donโ€™t have a message for them and they are not really a factor here.โ€
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Photo from the briefing at the Pentagon detailing strikes from both the U.S. and Israel and strikes from Iran.
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Video just now released showing the sinking of the IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka with a Mk. 48 Torpedo.
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Final moments of the IRIS Dena before heading to the bottom of the Indian Ocean, after being torpedoed this morning by a submarine with the U.S. Navy.
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An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer with the U.S. Navy, positioned in the Eastern Mediterranean, utilized a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) to intercept an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile that was launched overnight at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, a U.S. military source told @michaeldweiss with The Insider.
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An Iraqi security source told Al Arabiya, the Logistics Support Headquarters for the U.S. Embassy was targeted at the Camp Victory Complex near Baghdad International Airport.
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Wow, overhead imagery dated March 3, 2026, shows a massive hole in the burned out hull of the Russian-flagged liquified natural gas tanker, M/T ARCTIC METAGAZ, part of Russiaโ€™s โ€œshadow fleetโ€ sanctioned by the United States, which reportedly caught fire yesterday in the Mediterranean after being targeted by an unidentified naval drone near Malta.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published stills from todayโ€™s targeting of the IRIS Shahid Sayyad Shirazi, a Soleimani-class corvette with Iranโ€™s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN), off the coast of Bandar Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM states that more than 20 ships with the IRGCN and Iranian Navy have been targeted and sunk since the start of Operation Epic Fury.
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Video filmed from the deck of a bulk cargo ship in the Middle East shows several BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAM) launched by the U.S. Navy pass overhead on their way towards targets in Iran.
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