Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: Iran Test Fires High-Speed Torpedo... Three senior defense officials report that Iran test-fired a high-speed torpedo near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. The Hoot torpedo is still in the testing phase the officials report but once it is fully operational it should be able to travel about12000 yards (approximately six nautical miles) at a speed of about 200 knots per hour (approximately 250 miles per hour). None of the officials couldsay whether the test was successful or not. The USS George HW Bush strike group is in the Gulf right now but all three officials said the test did not pose a threat to U.S. shipsor assets in the region. Two of the officials said that the Iranian military last tested this torpedo in February 2015. The ACLU is suing four federal agencies for records related to the Jan. 29 raid in Yemen that killed a Navy SEAL and civilians including children. The civil liberties organization filed a freedom of information request for documents in March and then filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Monday to force the government to respond. "After conducting an internal investigation the government released little informati
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