Cruise missile
Weapon system · United States · Weapon system
The Tomahawk is Raytheon's (RTX) long-range cruise missile. A U.S. Tomahawk struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran on Feb 28, 2026, killing 156 to 168 people, most of them children.
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The Tomahawk cruise missile is a precision weapon that launches from ships, submarines, and ground launchers and can strike targets precisely from 1,000 miles away
On 28 February 2026, the first day of the 2026 Iran war, the United States Armed Forces struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Hormozgan province in southern Iran with a Tomahawk missile, directly killing 156 civilians, including 120 schoolchildren
A preliminary US military investigation has found that American forces were responsible for the devastating February 28 Tomahawk missile strike that tore through an elementary school ... officers at US Central Command generated strike coordinates using outdated intelligence
At least 168 people were killed — more than 100 of them under the age of 12. ... Was artificial intelligence, including the use of the Maven Smart System, used to identify the Shajareh Tayyebeh school as a target?
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