Last week, an explosive-packed drone hit a Liberian-flagged ship transiting the Northern Arabian Sea, the US Navy said in a Tuesday statement."The Iranian attack on a commercial tanker transiting international waters was deliberate, flagrant, and dangerous, endangering the lives of the ship's crew and destabilizing maritime security in the Middle East," said Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who is the commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US 5th Fleet, and Combined Maritime Forces.The US Navy said a drone ripped into the back of the ship, caused a 30-inch-wide hole, and exploded, damaging the ship's potable water tank, a boiler, and life raft."The aerial drone that hit the commercial tanker was identified as a Shahed-136 UAV, fitting a historical pattern of Iran's increasing use of a lethal capability directly or through its proxies across the Middle East," the Navy said.These long-range and small systems are packed with explosives and can fly around like a normal drone and are capable of lingering over a target area."