Iranian Warship Sunk by Submarine off coast of Sri Lanka

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A US submarine sank an Iranian warship using an underwater torpedo for the first time since the Second World War.

'An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters.'

'Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo, a quiet death, the first American sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.'

This is the moment an Iranian warship suffered a 'quiet death' after being blasted by a torpedo

The US submarine's view of the exploding Iranian warship

The torpedo attack occurred on Monday in the Indian Ocean, an Iranian warship which sank off the coast of Sri Lanka.

The Iranian warship jolted violently upwards before exploding in a giant plume of smoke and water. 

The military used a Mark 48 Torpedo - with a 650-pound warhead - which was detonated under the vessel's stern.

The rear section of the boat was lifted out of the water momentarily after impact. 

The Iranian vessel was identified as the IRIS Dena. 

The IRIS Dena was one of Iran's newest warships. It was equipped with surface-to-air missiles, a cannon, machine guns, torpedo launchers and anti-ship missiles. 

US forces have struck or sunk to the bottom of the ocean more than 20 ships from the Iranian regime, according to CENTCOM. 

An Iranian ship releases a plume of smoke after being hit with a US strike

The Iranian frigate IRIS Dena anchored in the port of Rio de Janeiro in 2023

Iran's Iris Dena (pictured in 2024) went down off the coast of Sri Lanka 

The tip of the vessel can be seen before it is engulfed by the waters of the Indian Ocean

'A United States Navy fast attack submarine has sunk an enemy combatant ship using a single Mark 48 torpedo to achieve immediate effect, sending the warship to the bottom of the sea.'

The force from the torpedo sent a towering plume of smoke and water into the air 

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said one of the top goals for Operation Epic Fury is to completely destroy the Iranian Navy 

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The ship sinking

MOSSAD had already hacked every traffic camera in Tehran years ago

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Mossad had hacked every traffic camera in Tehran for YEARS... how Israel and America sealed the fate of the Ayatollah

Mossad operatives hacked into Tehran's traffic camera network to spy on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his bodyguards and other top Iranian officials for years before his assassination, according to a report.

Israel gained access to almost all the city's cameras, which are used extensively by Iran to spy on regime opponents and its own population, and tracked the movements of key bodyguards.

Images were said to be transmitted back to Tel Aviv and southern Israel, allowing Mossad to develop intimate knowledge on the guards' addresses, work schedules and who they were assigned to protect.

One camera angle proved especially helpful and allowed agents to track where bodyguards parked their personal cars when arriving at the Supreme Leader's compound on Pasteur Street in the heart of Tehran. 

The hacks were part of a years-long intelligence campaign which eventually led to the killing of Khamenei on Saturday after jets, which had travelled directly from Israeli military bases for hours, fired up to 30 precision munitions on his complex.

The Supreme Leader's body was found in rubble after the daylight bombing raid aimed at toppling the regime. 

Khamenei presided over a brutal regime for 36 years which slaughtered thousands of his own citizens, repressed women and funded terrorist proxies Hamas and Hezbollah which seek to eliminate Israel.

When Israel located Khamenei on Saturday morning, they disrupted around a dozen mobile phone towers near Pasteur Street, making phones appear busy when called and preventing his security from receiving possible warnings. 

Smoke billowing into the sky above Khamenei's compound on Pasteur Street in the heart of Tehran

Khamenei, who presided over a brutal regime which slaughtered thousands of his own citizens, repressed women and funded terror organisations, was killed on Saturday morning

Israel struck and destroyed the Ayatollah's compound (pictured) in an early morning raid 

'We knew Tehran like we know Jerusalem,' an Israeli intelligence official told the Financial Times. 

'And when you know [a place] as well as you know the street you grew up on, you notice a single thing that's out of place.'

The CIA also had a human source who provided vital intelligence, according to the newspaper. 

Combined with Israeli AI tools and algorithms which sifted through a vast mountain of data on Iran's leadership and their movements, the source allowed them to trace Khamenei to the meeting where he was hit.

Once Israel and the US became aware of where Khamenei was holding his meeting, they decided they had to act.

During a war the Ayatollah would be shifted underground into bomb resistant bunkers and acting early gave them the element of surprise.

Mossad officials planned the attack for months but decided to act immediately once they confirmed his location. 

They used traffic cameras which showed Khamenei's meeting was on schedule, hacked phone networks, and the CIA source on the ground. 

During the strike, senior Iranian national security officials were in another part of the building.

Mossad operatives hacked into Tehran's traffic camera network to spy on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Tehran has been pummelled by US and Israeli air strikes since Saturday, when they killed Ayatollah Khamenei

Two high-level military leaders - Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani, and commander of the IRGC Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour were also obliterated in the Tehran strikes. As was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Naval Court Martial in New Zealand

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Female navy commander faces court martial after New Zealand ship struck a reef when autopilot wasn't turned off

A former Royal Navy officer will be court martialed after a New Zealand ship she was commanding hit a reef and sank after the crew failed to turn the autopilot off.

Commander Yvonne Gray, a former Royal Navy warfare officer, was commanding the HMNZS Manawanui when it hit the reef off Samoa on October 5 2024.

The ship was the Royal New Zealand Navy's specialist dive and hydrographic vessel and had been carrying out a reef survey near the Somoan island of Upolu.

It ran aground and caught fire before capsising.

Lieutenant Commander Matthew Gajzago and a third person will also face a court martial.

Cdr Gray, who served in the Royal Navy for almost 20 years, faces charges including that she was absent from the ship's bridge while within a nautical mile (1.8km) of a reef.

She also faces a charge of failing to manage the risks of conducting hydrographic work in uncharted waters close to reefs.

Cdr Gray faces a maximum of two years' imprisonment if convicted.

Commander Yvonne Gray was commanding the HMNZS Manawanui when it ran aground off Samoa in 2024

Black smoke was seen rising from the ship after it ran aground and caught fire - it later capsised 

The HMNZS Manawanui, pictured in front of the HMNZS Otago during a training exercise, cost NZ$103million (£45.6million)  

The ship is still on the seabed near the Samoan reef it struck

Divers survey the area around the sunken ship near the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa

Her barrister Todd Simmonds said she had 'endured a lot of unjustified criticism' over the ship's sinking and his client denied the charges.

Cdr Gray is originally from Harrogate, north Yorkshire, and moved to New Zealand with her wife in 2012 before joining the country's Navy.

She took command of the Manawanui, her first such role, in December 2022.

A military court of inquiry found human error caused the ship to sink, with senior crew failing to notice autopilot was on as they struggled to control a thruster and stop it running aground.

Some 75 crew left the ship in lifeboats and were rescued despite tough currents and winds pushing them towards the reefs.

No one was 'heavily injured' and no lives were lost according to the Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority.

Two crew members were later hospitalised, with one suffering a dislocated shoulder and the other a back injury.

Another 12 crew suffered minor cuts and soreness.

Samoan police and emergency crews worked with Australian Defence personnel to pull the vessel's crew to safety

Crews worked over Saturday night, battling fierce winds and currents, to bring the ships crew to shore

All 75 crew members on board were rescued with no deaths or serious injuries. Pictured: the crew in Samoa after fleeing the ship

New Zealand sent planes to repatriate the rescued crew (pictured) 

Pictured: the crew arriving home in New Zealand at RNZAF Base Auckland on October 7 2024

The 85-metre ship had cost the Kiwi government NZ$103million (£45.6million) to buy, modify and introduce.

Built in 2003, it was known as the MV Edda Fonn and was bought by New Zealand from Norwegian company Østensjø Rederi and delivered in May 2019.

It was New Zealand's first ship to be lost to the sea since the Second World War and the first to be lost in peacetime.

The ship's wreckage is still on sea floor near Upolu, Samoa.

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HMNZS Manawanui hit a reef near Samoa, caught fire and sunk in New Zealand's worst peacetime navy sinking

Judith Collins, New Zealand's first female Defence Minister, (pictured)

Commander Gray took the helm of helm of HMNZS Manawanui in 2022 after the then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave a speech before releasing a bottle of champagne to wet the bow at the ship's commissioning