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Dozens feared dead as Iranian destroyer accidentally SINKS one of the country's own warships after opening fire on it
2020-05-11
[Mail] An Iranian destroyer has reportedly opened fire on one of its own warships by accident, causing 'dozens of casualties'.

The friendly fire reportedly sank one of Iran's own warships in the Sea of Oman.

40 naval personnel are missing in the incident, according to local media reports this evening.

'The Jamaran is a Moudge-class frigate armed with 4 C-802 (Noor) anti-ship cruise missiles. This is likely what was launched,' they wrote on Twitter.

An unconfirmed video shows the evacuation of wounded sailors from the frigate on Sunday evening.

Other video purportedly shows two injured sailors being recovered by fishermen at sea.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  OOPS! DAMNIT, wrong button!
Posted by: ranture   2020-05-11 17:53  

#12  I'm not fearing them dead, daily occurrance would be nice.
Posted by: Chris   2020-05-11 15:01  

#11  I can see the NYT headline now:
Trump responsible for deaths of 50+ maritime protection volunteers.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-05-11 12:09  

#10  ^ OrangeMan's uncanny mind-melding powers on display, again
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-11 11:24  

#9  Trump authorized the US Navy to respond to Iran's aggresive behavior. Now the Iranians are shooting each other. Alluha Akbar!
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2020-05-11 11:16  

#8  So the Jamaran now has the record of the highest tonnage sunk for an Iranian warship in the 21st Century? Do they get to paint a silhouette on the command tower?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-05-11 11:06  

#7  Sifting through all the garbage reporting, a missile, launched from the Jamaran (frigate) hit a support vessel Konarak. Konarak was positioning targets for Jamaran "but remained too close to one of them and was accidentally targeted, state-run media said."
Sounds like 'maybe' missile shifted lock after launch or just incompetent targeting. Also sounds like many kilometers spacing needed between target and target placer.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2020-05-11 10:13  

#6  I wuz cleaning it an' it jus went off.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2020-05-11 07:02  

#5  ^ American forces might wanna be aware....
Posted by: Frank G   2020-05-11 06:35  

#4  So who did the Iranian destroyer frigate corvette crew think it was firing at?
Posted by: Phusotle Dingle5823   2020-05-11 06:02  

#3  ...Well, they thought that bringing down that airliner worked so well, so...

Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2020-05-11 04:20  

#2  I can't help but think that shooting your own guys is bad for unit cohesion.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-05-11 02:31  

#1  DARPA 4 C-802 (Noor) missile dynamic re-tasking exercise reported to be successful.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-11 01:31  

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