The US has launched more than a dozen strikes on alleged drug boats since early September. Photo: AP PHOTO

The US military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says.

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A US-designated terrorist organisation operated the vessel, Hegseth said on social media, but did not name which group was targeted.

He said three people were killed in the strike.

It's at least the 15th such strike carried out by the US military in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific since early September.

"This vessel—like EVERY OTHER—was

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