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April 1, 2026

The US used an untested missile in a strike on an Iranian school, the New York Times says

The US has struck a school in Iran with a ballistic missile that had previously not been tested in combat, the New York Times says

The US used an untested missile in a strike on an Iranian school, the New York Times says

TL;DR

  • US forces reportedly fired a new missile, the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), at Lamerd, Iran.
  • The attack occurred on February 28, the same day a US missile destroyed a girls' school in Minab, killing 175 people.
  • At least 21 people were killed in the Lamerd strike.
  • The PrSM weapon disperses small tungsten pellets and completed its prototype phase last year.
  • In both Lamerd and Minab, the targeted civilian facilities were located next to an IRGC facility.
  • Archival satellite imagery indicated the Lamerd facilities were walled off and listed as civilian for at least 15 years.
  • It is difficult to assess if the PrSM strikes were intentional or resulted from a design flaw or faulty intelligence.
  • Over 1,000 civilians have been killed by US and Israeli strikes in Iran.
  • The Pentagon has opened an investigation into the Minab school incident.

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