US military says one person killed in strike on suspected drug vessel in Pacific
PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper flies over Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 9, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erin Currie via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service - DVIDS)
Dec 22 - The U.S. military said it killed one person in a strike on a "low-profile vessel" suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday.
"Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters," the U.S. Southern Command said on social media website X.
No U.S. military forces were harmed, it added.
(Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger
