Published: Mar 05, 2026, 10:00 IST | Updated: Mar 05, 2026, 10:00 IST
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed it struck a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Indian Ocean using Qadr-380 and Talaieh missiles in what Tehran described as a powerful retaliation for U.S.–Israel strikes — triggering “widespread fires” aboard the vessel. U.S. military sources have not confirmed the destroyer was hit, and the Pentagon has denied damage to U.S. warships amid the ongoing war.