Gross Incompetence? Iranians Somehow Attack Their Own During Training Exercise

You can’t make this stuff up. Iran is now 2 for 2 in failing militarily in the past six months. During a recent training exercise, Iran somehow launched a missile at one of their own ships killing 19 and injuring 15 of their own navy… Did they think it was us again?

Nineteen Iranians were killed and 15 others were injured after an Iranian naval vessel was reportedly hit by friendly fire during a naval exercise on Sunday. The IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported that the “accident” involving the Konarak support vessel took place in the waters off Jask Port in the Gulf of Oman.

“The military stressed that the incident was being investigated by “expert teams” and that “any speculation” about the incident should be avoided. Initial reports from Iran stated that the Konarak was “sunk” by a missile fired by Iran’s Jamaran frigate resulting in a number of seamen being killed or missing, according to Radio Farda.  Some reports indicated dozens of injuries and deaths, with about 40 military personnel estimated to have been on board at the time.”

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The Times report added that the apparent mistake has drawn criticism on social media, especially due to its close proximity of another catastrophic mistake by the Iranian military — the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet in January, killing all 176 passengers onboard.

“Firing at your own targets, whether military or civil, in such a short space of time is not human error. It’s a catastrophic failure of management and command,” Maziar Khosravi, a pro-reform journalist, tweeted, according to the Times.”

The Iranian military regularly conducts training exercises in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, often in order to demonstrate its military might…”

This is an amazing level of incompetence here. In this day and age with technology being as good as it is, you either have to lack the education to run the ships or it’s intentional. It looks like Iran is proving they have issues hitting the target. If it were not for there being deaths due to this blunder, I’d say this incident is comical.

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