The military's Africa Command said the strike occurred at about 1:30 am local time (2230 GMT) some 300 miles (480 kilometers) southwest of Mogadishu.
"Working from actionable intelligence, the Department of Defense conducted a successful collective self-defense strike operation against an al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...troop concentration," Africom said in a statement.
It was the third US strike on Shabaab Islamist gunnies since President Donald Trump
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Wednesday's strike follows a July 2 attack on Shabaab gunnies and a June 11 raid of a training center.
It was within the Pentagon's "parameters of authority to engage in collective self-defense of our Somali partners," Pentagon front man Navy Captain Jeff Davis said.
Before Trump broadened the Pentagon's authorities, US military actions in the eastern African country each required high-level review by different agencies.
US special forces have been deployed in Somalia for years. There are currently about 50 US troops there.
Shabaab, an al-Qaeda linked group, has been fighting since 2007 to overthrow the internationally backed government in Somalia.