TEHRAN - After the Pentagon claimed that the one-way attack drone that targeted the Liberian-flagged and Netherlands-operated chemical tanker "Chem Pluto" near India was fired from Iran, Iran's Foreign Ministry called the allegation "baseless" and denied the claims.
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WATERS NEAR INDIA/YEMEN - There has been an attack by an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) on a vessel in waters near India that has caused an explosion on the ship. The attacked vessel is an Israeli-affiliated chemical tanker, according to a British maritime security firm.
After the incident, a Pentagon spokesman had said, "The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical tanker was struck at approximately 10 a.m. local time (6 a.m. GMT) today in the Indian Ocean, 200 nautical miles from the coast of India, by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran".
