The US military obliterated five alleged drug vessels in separate deadly strikes this week, killing a total of eight suspected “narco-terrorists” — the 35th known boat attack since the Trump administration launched Operation Southern Spear in September.

The latest lethal strikes hit three convoys in international waters overnight Tuesday, killing three suspected drug traffickers on one vessel, followed by two more strikes Wednesday that left five alleged smugglers dead, the US Southern Command announced in separate social media posts Wednesday night.

Tuesday’s bombing also left an unknown number of suspected narco-traffickers on two boats diving in the water followed by the initial blast, prompting a search-and-rescue, military officials said.

The deadly attacks were ordered by War Secretary Pete Hegseth, the US Southern Command added.

Officials said all five vessels were operated by “Designated Terrorist Organizations.”

The first attack was carried out in international waters.

“Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and had transferred narcotics between the three vessels prior to the strikes. Three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel were killed in the first engagement,” Southern Command said about Tuesday’s lethal strike.

“The remaining narco-terrorists abandoned the other two vessels, jumping overboard and distancing themselves before follow-on engagements sank their respective vessels.”

The US Coast Guard was swiftly notified after the strikes to launch a search-and-rescue operation for those who plunged into the water, officials added.

Footage of the operation shared on social media showed the three boats racing across the water in close proximity before one is stopped dead by a fiery blast, followed seconds later by strikes on the other two.

Wednesday’s strike also targeted “vessels transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and engaged in narco-trafficking,” officials said in a vague X post.

“A total of five narco-terrorists were killed during these actions — three in the first vessel and two in the second.”

Video showed the two boats bobbing in the water before they were struck and blasted apart.

The Southern Command, which oversees Central and South America and the Caribbean, did not specify where the latest strikes occurred.

Previous airstrikes have been in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

At least 115 alleged drug smugglers have been killed in a total of 35 known boat strikes since early September.