After a U.S. submarine sank Iran’s IRIS Dena with a Mk 48 torpedo, attention turned to the Navy’s primary undersea weapon ...

Reports on March 4, 2026, revealed that a U.S. Navy submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena using a torpedo in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka. A torpedo is a powerful underwater missile used in ...

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results.

Old Tech, Hard To Defend Against. A US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 87 people. The submarine struck the ship with a torpedo, U ...

A US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 87 people. The submarine struck the ship with a torpedo, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

A US submarine strike that sank an Iranian vessel near Sri Lanka has drawn attention to one of the deadliest underwater weapons. Here is how torpedoes work, their origins from early explosives to ...

The US released footage of a Mark-48 torpedo sinking Iran's IRIS Dena frigate in the Indian Ocean, killing over 80 sailors. This dramatic event, the first enemy ship sinking by a US torpedo since WWII ...

Key Points and Summary: Iran's Hoot supercavitating torpedo, believed to be a reverse-engineered version of the Soviet Shkval, is a key asset in its asymmetric naval strategy. The US Navy, at present, ...

A MK 48 Advanced Capacity (ADCAP) torpedo in a storage rack in the torpedo room of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN-758). A MK 48 ADCAP heavyweight torpedo strapped down in USS ...