US Special Operations Team Intercepts and Seizes Military Components on China-Iran Vessel in Indian Ocean

Dec 13, 2025 09:58 am CST

US special forces conducted a strategic raid in the Indian Ocean, intercepting a vessel traveling from China to Iran and confiscating military components. The operation, occurring several hundred miles off Sri Lanka's coast, resulted in the seizure and destruction of items potentially usable for Iran's conventional weapons systems, according to Wall Street Journal sources.