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reACTIONary

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9. U.S. Central Command confirmed.....

Reply to Angrybob2001 (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:24 PM

6 hrs ago

U.S. Central Command later Sunday released a video of a Spruance crew member warning the Touska in a radio transmission, “We’re prepared to subject you to disabling fire.

The Spruance then fired several rounds from the destroyer’s 5-inch MK gun into the Touska’s engine room after warning the ship’s crew to evacuate that room, according to a post on X by Central Command.

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