Indian ocean drone attack: The Iranian drone attack on Saturday struck a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean, says the Pentagon.
“The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical tanker, was struck at approximately 10 am local time (6 am GMT) today in the Indian Ocean, 200 nautical miles from the coast of India, by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran,” a Pentagon spokesperson addressed.
The incident comes as the latest illustration of the growing regional tensions after the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
The Pentagon said this was the “seventh Iranian attack on commercial shipping since 2021”.
