Daily Mail: Iranian navy accidentally shoot one of their own warships with a missile during training exercise, killing 19 and leaving 15 injured
* Iranian frigate Jamaran accidentally opened fire on support ship during training
* Noor cruise missile struck the Konarak, killing 19 sailors and leaving 15 injured
* Konarak had been positioning targets for the Janaran to fire at but remained too close to one of them and was accidentally targeted, state-run media said
* Comes after Iran accidentally shot down a passenger plane over Tehran this year
An Iranian warship has accidentally opened fire on one of its own support vessels during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman, killing 19 and leaving 15 injured.
The Jamaran, a frigate, had been attempting to hit a target with one of its Noor cruise missiles when it accidentally struck a support ship named Konarak instead.
The Konarak had been placing targets for the Janaran to hit but remained too close to one of them causing the missile to lock on to it by mistake, state-run media said.
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4 comments:
That is definitely scrap now.
Too much heat damage to the metal.
Hey, at least the missile worked.😂
No defense
This could have been the same thing as happened in the cold War thriller 'The Bedford Incident' . Richard Wydmark plays the capt of a USN destroyer trying to force a Russian sub to surface. Wydmark says to his 1st officer "Take it easy. If he fires one, I'll fire one!" Missile officer "FIRE ONE!" 2 seconds later, mushroom cloud. Keep ducking 🖖🧐
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