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A DoD video and expert analysis indicate a US Navy fast‑attack submarine sank an Iranian warship with a Mark 48 heavyweight torpedo, marking the first submarine-on-ship kill since World War II. Analysts say the footage—likely from a Virginia‑class boat and captured in infrared—resembles the 1945 Torsk attack, though the submarine’s name has not been released and official comments are limited.
The Zumwalt-class destroyers may face delays in fielding the first hypersonic weapons in the US Navy surface fleet due to testing of the Conventional Prompt Strike systems on at-sea platforms. The Navy planned to add launch tubes to USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) during an availability at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., starting next year for completion by 2025. The Block V Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines will also have room for the large hypersonic missile planned for delivery by 2028, but this has also been delayed.