The United States "Department of War" carried out a "lethal" strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Pacific, killing two "terrorists", defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday. He also shared an unclassified video of the strike in a post on X. "Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific," he said. Tuesday night’s attack differed from the previous seven US strikes, which had focused on ships in the Caribbean. Hegseth said on social media that the latest strike killed two people, raising the total death toll to at least 34 since the attacks began last month. "The vessel was known
'Waging war on our border': US strikes 'drug-smuggling' boat in Pacific; 2 killed

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