Eastern Pacific – On Nov. 15, 2025, acting on orders from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific.

Intelligence confirmed that the ship was operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.

The vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, moving along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics.

Three male narco-terrorists were killed in the strike, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.

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