What are you talking about?
According to the article Hegseth defined them in terms of “Suspected Drug Boats”.
But you speak of them in terms of, “unlawful combatants of a designated terror group”
A SUSPECT warrants further investigation according to standard law, whereas an UNLAWFUL PERSON has already been found to be guilty of crime. So Hegseth condones killing people riding in a suspicious vessel, rather than only those riding in one that is beyond a doubt carrying weapons of mass destruction to our coasts?