The US president has claimed that the “highly effective” but “generic” cruise missile is utilized by many international locations, together with Iran
US President Donald Trump has urged that Iran may have performed the lethal strike on a women’ college within the southern metropolis of Minab utilizing a Tomahawk cruise missile – a weapon system operated solely by the US within the present battle.
The February 28 assault on the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary college killed greater than 160 folks, most of them women aged 7-12, making it the deadliest single incident of the continued US-Israeli navy marketing campaign in opposition to Iran. The college is subsequent to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility that was focused throughout the identical wave of strikes.
Movies geolocated by media shops seem to point out a Tomahawk missile placing the naval compound subsequent to the college. Requested by reporters whether or not Washington would settle for duty, Trump as an alternative urged that the missile may have been utilized by Iran or “someone else.”
“Properly, I haven’t seen it,” Trump mentioned. “And I’ll say that the Tomahawk, which is without doubt one of the strongest weapons round… it’s bought and utilized by different international locations, you realize that. And whether or not it’s Iran, who additionally has some Tomahawks – they need that they had extra. However whether or not it’s Iran or someone else… the truth that a Tomahawk could be very generic, it’s bought to different international locations, however that’s being investigated proper now.”
Trump didn’t present any proof that Iran possesses Tomahawk missiles or the means to launch them. The long-range cruise weapon – able to flying 1,000 miles at low altitude to evade air defenses – is manufactured by Raytheon and primarily deployed by the US Navy from warships and submarines. Only a handful of US allies, together with the UK and Australia, function the system; the Netherlands and Japan are within the means of buying the missiles.
Simply days in the past, Trump instantly accused Tehran of destroying the college with its personal “very inaccurate” weapons.
Pressed once more concerning the strike on Monday, Trump acknowledged that he didn’t know sufficient concerning the incident and mentioned he would settle for the outcomes of the continued investigation.
“It’s one thing that I used to be informed is beneath investigation… however Tomahawks are utilized by others,” he reiterated.
The Pentagon has mentioned the incident is beneath overview. Officers cited in US media studies have urged the college could have been hit by chance, probably as a result of outdated intelligence or focusing on errors.
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