Event Brief
US Navy sinks decommissioned frigate with drones
Filed: May 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM ET
Summary: A US warship used aerial and surface drones to deliver kinetic strikes sinking the decommissioned USS Simpson.
WHO: U.S. Navy
WHAT: Cooperstown launched unmanned aerial vehicles and an unmanned surface vessel to conduct kinetic strikes that sank the decommissioned USS Simpson.
WHEN: May 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM ET
WHERE: Atlantic Ocean (Fourth Fleet area)
WHY: The drone strikes were conducted as part of live-fire attacks during UNITAS 2026.
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