Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier to Caribbean
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The strike, the 10th by the U.S. military since the campaign started in early September, took place in international waters and was the first attack that was conducted at night.
The U.S. military destroyed a suspected drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean, killing six, Pentagon officials said Friday. U.S. forces carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” on the boat overnight, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a post on X.
The Pentagon was reportedly unable to assess the precise identities of the people on the boat before striking.