On February 28, 2026, two American cruise missiles struck an elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing more than 150 civilians — 123 of them children — in what has become one of the gravest incidents of civilian harm in recent American military history. A Pentagon investigation has since traced the catastrophe to a convergence of institutional failures: an over-reliance on artificial intelligence in the targeting process, intelligence assessments built on faulty foundations, and satellite imagery too old to reflect that a former military compound had long since become a school. The tragedy rai
Pentagon probe: AI, faulty intel, outdated imagery led to Iran school strike killing 123
Over 150 civilians, including 123 children, were killed in the strike on the elementary school in Minab.