WSJ: Drone fired from Iran attacks ship off India

WSJ: Drone fired from Iran attacks ship off India

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An Iranian drone strikes a Liberian-flagged tanker off the coast of India, the Pentagon tells WSJ.

The Pentagon said that the unmanned aerial vehicle that attacked the vessel off the coast of India on Saturday, December 23. attacked a ship off the coast of India on Saturday, December 23, was launched from Iran. This was written in the the Wall Street Journal newspaper, reports UNN.

The Chem Pluto, a tanker for the transportation of Liberia-flagged chemical tanker owned by Japan and operated by the Netherlands, was attacked at around 10 a.m. local time today in the Indian Ocean Ocean, 200 nautical miles off the Indian coast, by an attack drone launched from Iranian territory

the newspaper quoted a Pentagon official as saying.

Context

The first report of the attack in the Red Sea appeared on December 3 on the UKMTO website (UK Maritime Trade Operations of the United Kingdom). On the same day, it was reported that the US Navy destroyer USS Carney was attacked by drones and missiles fired from Yemen.

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