The devastating strike on a primary school in southern Iran has put one of the world’s most sophisticated cruise missiles — the Tomahawk — into the spotlight.
The long-range precision weapon is produced in the United States and is operated by a limited group of countries. The devastating strike on a primary school in southern Iran has put one of the world’s most sophisticated cruise missiles — the Tomahawk — into the spotlight.
The February 28 attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, which killed more than 165 people — most of them children — has triggered international outrage as visual evidence and satellite analysis suggests the strike may have involved a Tomahawk cruise missile.
The long-range precision weapon is produced in the United States and is operated by a limited group of countries.The devastating strike on a primary school in southern Iran has put one of the world’s most sophisticated cruise missiles — the Tomahawk — into the spotlight.
The February 28 attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, which killed more than 165 people — most of them children — has triggered international outrage as visual evidence and satellite analysis suggests the strike may have involved a Tomahawk cruise missile.
The long-range precision weapon is produced in the United States and is operated by a limited group of countries. US President Donald Trump suggested that Iran itself could have been responsible for the attack using a Tomahawk missile — a claim that defence analysts and available evidence challenge.