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Warzone/The Drive: Here's All That's Left Of Iranian Navy Ship Struck By Missile In Friendly Fire Tragedy (Updated)
The naval support ship was laying targets for a training exercise when an anti-ship missile fired from an Iranian frigate slammed into it.
Details still remain limited at this time, but what we know is that an Iranian live-fire naval training event went horribly wrong in the Gulf of Oman when one of the country's own naval vessels was struck by an anti-ship cruise missile on Sunday. The mistake has killed at least 19 Iranian sailors and wounded 15 more. A support ship named Konarak was placing targets for other ships to use for the exercise when the missile, a C-802 Noor, made a direct hit on the vessel.
Images show the vessel's entire upper structure obliterated by the inadvertent strike.
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WNU Editor: Shooting down a passenger jet in January. Blowing up your own naval warship this weekend. The Iranian military definitely does not look competent.
