The ship was an unarmed vessel on its way to a goodwill visit to Sri Lanka and coming from an international maritime exercise hosted by India, which the United States also attended and participated in. The US torpedoed it, and when it sank, the US did not apparently attempt to rescue any of the Dena's crew. Fortunately, Sri Lanka showed up and saved 30 people.

Mind you, the details of war are not always clear. The US says that the ship was armed, and it also says that they did make an effort to rescue the crew. The US does not explain why it failed to actually rescue anybody, of course.

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voganmother42 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The US is busy shooting “drug boats” with no evidence, that is who they are now

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monooso 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I believe the phrase you're reaching for is "carrying out extra-judicial executions of civilians alleged to have been smuggling drugs."

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SV_BubbleTime 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I thought the people claiming they might be fishing boats with no fishing gear, 55gallon drums, in specially designed hulls with 6 engines, hauling ass out of known drug ports were just joking.

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mjamesaustin an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Guess we'll never know, since instead of arresting and prosecuting them under the law, we blew them up.

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voganmother42 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, why check right? Not like we need evidence or any investigation…

I saw some people leaving a known drug house yesterday, but fortunately I gunned down the whole family, no questions asked!

	▲	SV_BubbleTime 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Why has no one come forward accusing the US of killing their fisherman family member? Why do you think there is no intelligence on these? It seems quite arrogant to make this assumption. Oh, it doesn’t exist because you haven’t seen it? Hmm, good analytical skills.

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sawjet 41 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

If you think a warship is ever 'unarmed' I have a bridge to sell you.