Iranian Ship accidently hits one of it's own vessels in training Maneuvers

[Commander Wallace]

Iran Hit and sunk one of it's own vessels during exercises. The vessel was struck after towing a moving practice target to it's destination and then not creating enough separation between itself and the target.

An Iranian missile fired during a live-fire training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing at least 19 sailors and injuring 15 others, Iran's army said Monday

Quote: The friendly fire incident involving the Konarak vessel occurred on Sunday afternoon near Bandar-e Jask, off the southern coast of the Islamic republic, it said on its website.One report said the vessel had sunk after being hit by a missile fired by another Iranian warship.


https://news.yahoo.com/iran-warship-accidentally-hit-missile-during-exercises-060502122.html


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-missile-accident-friendly-fire-19-killed-konarak/



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If this isn't incompetence, I don't know what is.

[Onkel Neal]

Second link


Iran navy hits own ship with missile, kills 19 sailors near Persian Gulf waters
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52612511

Iranian media earlier reported the Konarak had been accidentally struck by an anti-ship missile fired by the Jamaran during an exercise near the port of Jask.

[mapuc]

Mistake !?

In the Swedish news at 7.30 they said the missile was fired by mistake.

Markus

[Jeff-Groves]

Seems the missile did exactly what it was designed to do.
Sink a fully manned ship!
Notice it ignored a decoy?
Pretty good system there!
I HAVE to give them a :up: