All articles tagged with #vessel strike
The US military conducted a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, killing three people, as part of a broader campaign against drug trafficking, with the Trump administration declaring an 'armed conflict' against drug cartels and justifying lethal strikes without judicial review, though legal and political questions remain about the justification and evidence.
A fin whale with a severely deformed spine, likely caused by a vessel strike, was recently filmed struggling to swim off the Mediterranean coast of Spain. The injury will probably cause the whale to slowly starve. Baleen whales rely on their enormous tails to propel themselves through the water, but the injured whale is unable to do this, which means it is probably starving. Around 20,000 whales are estimated to be killed by vessel strikes every year, due to a more than 300% increase in global shipping traffic since 1992.