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Read our Privacy notice. U.S. military assets killed four people and destroyed another boat in a fourth strike against alleged drug traffickers, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Under Donald Trump’s orders, Hegseth directed “a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations” off the coast of Venezuela on Friday morning, according to Hegseth.

Hegseth, in a post on X with a video of the destruction, accused the boat of “transporting substantial amounts of narcotics” to the United States “to poison our people.”. »

Legal experts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have questioned the legality of the strikes.

Describing the US military strikes as part of an armed conflict suggests that the attacks are part of a longer-term campaign and not just one-off strikes in self-defense.

In his post on X on Friday, Hegseth said “these strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!! »

Legal experts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have questioned the legality of the strikes.

Describing the US military strikes as part of an armed conflict suggests that the attacks are part of a longer-term campaign and not just one-off strikes in self-defense.

In his post on X on Friday, Hegseth said “these strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!! »

British satellites, he noted, are equipped with counter-jamming technology, but Russia has continued to attempt interference using ground-based systems.

The UK currently operates about half a dozen dedicated military satellites, far fewer than the fleets of the US, China, or Russia, which each field more than a hundred.

Earlier, Russia formally informed international regulators that it would consider European satellites aiding Ukraine’s military as “legitimate targets,” escalating its ongoing campaign of GPS and satellite signal jamming. »