Washington: In a new video that is doing rounds in the internet, appears to show US Tomahawk trip missiles striking an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in the Iranian municipality of Minab on February 28, according to Iranian news reports.
What is in the video?
According to reports, in the video the missile is seen striking near an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab, where at least 168 people were reportedly killed, equal to Iranian news organ Mehr.
In the video, the US Tomahawk trip missiles can be seen striking a naval wiring located abreast the school.
The missile strike reportedly took place on February 28 and the prune was filmed from a construction site opposite the wiring operated by IRGC, equal to The New York Times.
What happen in the incident?
After the missile hit the wiring facility, large flames of smoke and trash rise into the air. The prune moreover shows pebbles and smoke rising from the zone which is virtually the school.
As per the satellite images, during the wade several other buildings inside the naval wiring were moreover struck.
What are Tomahawk missiles?
Tomahawk missiles are long-range precision-guided weapons capable of travelling well-nigh 1,000 miles.
As per the US Department of Defense reports, the missiles are programmed with a flight path surpassing launch and guide themselves to their target. Each missile is virtually 20 feet long with a wingspan of well-nigh eight and a half feet and carries a warhead with explosive power roughly equal to 300 pounds of TNT.
What did Trump say?
US President Donald Trump older denied that American forces intentionally targeted the school.
While replying to the question whether the United States had bombed the school, Trump said, “No. In my opinion and based on what I’ve seen, that was washed-up by Iran."
"We think it was washed-up by Iran. Because they are very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no verism whatsoever," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that "the Pentagon was investigating the reports" but moreover insisted that “the only side that targets civilians is Iran.”
